MySQL - Popular Opensource Database

MySQL is a relational database management system (RDBMS) named after Monty Widenius's daughter My. The program runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. MySQL is officially pronounced My S-Q-L, but often pronounced My SeQueL. MySQL is often used in free software projects that require a full-featured database management system built on the LAMP software stack.

MySQL code uses C and C++. All major programming languages with language-specific APIs include Libraries for accessing MySQL databases. In addition, an ODBC interface called MyODBC allows additional programming languages that support the ODBC interface to communicate with a MySQL database. The MySQL server and official libraries are mostly implemented in ANSI C/ANSI C++.

To administer MySQL databases one can use the included command-line tool (commands: mysql and mysqladmin). Potential users may also download from the MySQL site: GUI administration tools: MySQL Administrator, MySQL Migration Toolkit and MySQL Query Browser. The GUI tools are now included in one package called MySQL GUI Tools.

Ref:

MySql WikiPedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL

MySql Official site - http://www.mysql.com/

MySql downloads - http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/

MySql Developer Zone - http://dev.mysql.com/

MySQL News - http://onlamp.com/onlamp/general/mysql.csp

MySQL GUI Tools Manual from MySQL -

http://downloads.mysql.com/docs/guibook-en.a4.pdf

MySQL Admin and Development Tools Round Up -

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/03/25/mysql-admin-and-development-tools-round-up/

Top 10 free MySQL tools - http://www.mustap.com/databasezone_post_148_top-10-free-mysql-tools

MySQl GUI Tools - http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html

MySQL GUI Tools on Linux -- http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Building_MySQL_GUI_Tools_on_Linux

20 MySQL Admin and Development Tools and cheat sheets -

http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2009/08/20-mysql-admin-and-development-tools-and-cheat-sheets.html

MySQL By Larry Ullman -

http://books.google.com/books?id=WjIQh9bo7DoC&dq=mysql&printsec=frontcover&source=bll&ots=EBPl6WFC4p&sig=YHhkXczHJuNdGiyKnGS8iUwS104&hl=en&ei=VWlOS6TAD5S6swOe2ZjTBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=13&ved=0CEkQ6AEwDA#v=onepage&q=&f=false

MySQL Cookbook By Paul DuBois -

http://books.google.com/books?id=aC3blgT3D3YC&dq=mysql&printsec=frontcover&source=bll&ots=mXc54R-wEi&sig=q7DSYT8lUMswey7KbGNmbYVv0Lc&hl=en&ei=VWlOS6TAD5S6swOe2ZjTBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=15&ved=0CE0Q6AEwDg#v=onepage&q=&f=false

MySQL Introduction - http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_mysql_intro.asp

Data Migration :

Database Migration - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_migration

Database Migration : A planned Approach - http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/3586516/Database-Migration--A-Planned-Approach.htm

MySQL Forums :: MySQL Migration Toolkit - http://forums.mysql.com/list.php?104

Migrating to MySQL - Eliminating Risks and Hidden Costs Using Specialized Migration Software -

http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/migration-software.html

Migrating to MySQL - http://www.ispirer.com/products/mysql-migration

Moving data between MySQL and SQL Server -

http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid87_gci1196733,00.html

Golden's Rules: Migrating from SQL Server to MySQL -

http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/column/0,294698,sid39_gci1187176,00.html

Migrating from Microsoft SQL Server and Access to MySQL -

http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/migrating-from-microsoft.html

A Practical Guide to Migrating From Microsoft SQL Server to MySQL -

http://www.mysql.com/why-mysql/white-papers/mysql_wp_mssql2mysql.php

SQL Server White Papers: Guides to Migration from MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, or Microsoft Access to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3f0f2a3f-dff9-49cd-8ea7-581aa7a303a4&displaylang=en

Migrating MySQL to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 -

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc966396.aspx

A Practical Guide to Migrating From Oracle to MySQL -

http://www.mysql.com/why-mysql/white-papers/mysql_wp_oracle2mysql.php

50 things to know before migrating Oracle to MySQL -

http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/03/13/50-things-to-know-before-migrating-oracle-to-mysql/

Oracle SQL Developer Migration -

http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/migration//workbench/index_sqldev_omwb.html

Migrating MySQL to Oracle -

http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/3720091/Migrating-MySQL-to-Oracle-Part-I.htm

A Guide for Migrating From Sybase to MySQL -

http://www.mysql.com/why-mysql/white-papers/mysql_wp_sybase_to_mysql_migration.php