MySQL is a Relational Database Management System with more than 6million installations. It’s widely used and provides excellent controls. MySQL means ‘My Structured Query Language’. It is designed to be a server program that serves clients to access databases. It’s source code is also available. The project is under GNU License. MySQL is usually used in softwares that require database operations and databases. An example of which is WordPress.  Even Google and Facebook use MySQL. MySQL has gained popularity with the rise of PHP language. Now, world’s high traffic rating websites like YouTube, Nokia, Flickr, Facebook, Google uses MySQL for user logging and database storage. It runs on almost all OS currently in use including Linux, Windows, MAC OS X, Symbian, FreeBSD, Solaris etc. The features list includes

1.    Cross-platform compatibility.
2.    Triggers
3.    Cursors
4.    Updatable Views
5.    Varchar support
6.    Strict mode
7.    SSL Support
8.    Query Caching
9.    Nested Select Statement Operations
10.    Stored Procedures
11.    Partial ACID compliance