The MySQL Server -- the core of the database. MySQL Workbench to view your databases and schemas. MySQL Shell to issue SQL statements on the command-line. MySQL Router to help with database scaling.

SQL Server and MySQL Vendors: The MySQL development project has made its source code available under the terms of the GNU General Public License, as well as under a variety of proprietary agreements.

You can use full, inline SQL statements in the prepared statement function or send the database a stored procedure function. A stored procedure is a program that is stored on the database server.

Also, although DB-Engines also ranked MySQL high, at No. 2, its No. 3-ranked database, SQL Server, was relegated to the "Other" category in the ScaleGrid report. "So, which databases are most popular ...

Work does not allow open source applications presently so I've had to convert from MySQL to Microsoft SQL Server. <BR><BR>In one of the tables, I have a MySQL BLOB field.