Open source software vendor MySQL AB has once again billed the imminent version of its flagship database software as the most significant in its history as it nears completion. In an email to the ...

Peter Zaitsev reported recently that new versions of MySQL Community edition are no longer available for download from the MySQL Download Area. This provoked a storm of speculation that MySQL was ...

Sun has announced the official release of MySQL 5.1, a new version of the popular open source database software. Although Sun has declared that this version is ready for widespread adoption in ...

MySQL has changed its software licensing terms for MySQL 5.0 and 5.1 to prevent the code being governed by the upcoming General Public Licence version 3 (GPLv3). Previous licensing terms ...

We recently upgraded MySQL from 4.x to 5.x, then back down to 4.x (I can get specific versions if necessary) due to incompatibilities with cPanel. After doing so, a number of users reported MySQL ...

As its name suggests, WebScaleSQL is a custom version of MySQL designed for large scale Web companies. The four companies will share a common set of changes to the upstream MySQL branch ...