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Y. V. Ravi Kumar et al.Mastering MySQL Administrationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0252-2_1

1. MySQL Installation and Upgrade

Y V Ravi Kumar1  , Arun Kumar Samayam2 and Naresh Kumar Miryala3
(1)
Irving, TX, USA
(2)
Dallas, TX, USA
(3)
Tracy, CA, USA
 

Introduction

MySQL is one of the most popular open source relational database management systems developed, distributed, and supported by Oracle Corporation.

So what is an open source relational database management system? To understand this better, let us focus on the keywords “open source,” “relational,” and “database management systems.”

A structured collection of data is called a database. We need a system that provides computing capabilities ...

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