What is MySQL?

My SQL is an extremely powerful database that can be used with web scripting languages to create all kinds of user interactivity.

As most people know, databases are programs for storing information but they come in a wide variety of forms - and are used in a wide variety of ways. For dynamic web sites, databases like MySQL are a vital tool, because they can be used to efficiently store all kinds of information, information that can used for anything from identifying an authorised user from a list of approved IDs and passwords right through to live stock inventories for web e-commerce systems.

Like PHP, MySQL is an open source tool that dominates the web database world. It's proven, reliable and flexible and can be used to store all of your web-related data.