More than MySQL

By Jason Whittaker, PC Advisor |  Open Source Add a new comment

October 13, 2005, 11:17 AM — In previous issues, this column has pushed aspiring web developers in the direction of MySQL, the freely-available database software that has become the foundation of plenty of sites. Until the end of the 90s, it was all too common for amateur and semi-professional designers to employ a completely unsuitable database engine such as Microsoft Access. The widespread accessibility of MySQL has completely changed all this.

But while I am a MySQL evangelist, this isn

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