MySQL Table Types that are well known
- MyISAM
- InnoDB
- BSD
When making a choice amongst the different types of tables in MySQL, we need to consider the following points
- Size of database based on the activity
- Nature of database access / activity (whether it involves heavy reads / writes)
- Database backup (schema, data)
- Session handling
- If it involves a sync to another database
- What needs to be done if the application is to be scaled
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Mysql Tips for Beginners
* How to log into Mysql from command prompt?
First, Go to the Mysql installation directory and move to the bin directory (C:\Mysql\bin\)
Execute the following command to log into Mysql
C:\Mysql\bin> mysql -u [username] -p [password]
You will be shown mysql command which indicates that you have successfully logged in
mysql> _
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Steps to make MySQL produce optimized results
» Identify the queries that execute slowly
» Watch for Opened Sql connections
» Carry benchmark test on Queries
» Execute queries with Explain statement to the performance of each queries
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There had often been talks and some times flame wars when there had been comparison between MySQL and PostgreSQL. Each database has its own strength and weaknesses. As an initiative, I thought to do a little research on this topic and to list down the common points gathered in a tabular format. (more…)
phpMyAdmin is a web based interface to MySQL which is written using PHP for Administration of databases. Visual interface provided is intuitive and it saves time for the developers. (ver 3.1.1 is the recommended version as of this writing which runs on PHP 5/MySQL 5)
Step 1: First we need to check MySQL is installed by issuing the following command
[root@user Desktop]# which mysql
If you get …
/usr/bin/mysql
then, it is an indication that MySQL is installed in your machine. (more…)
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