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More than MySQL

by Jason Whittaker

October 13, 2005 —

 

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