MySQL Building User Interfaces

MySQL, MYSQL, and mysql—They’re Not the Same Thing

MySQL, MYSQL, and mysql are three very different things. When each one is used, it references something different from the others. Throughout this chapter and the entire book, when you see one of these terms, remember that it refers to something very specific:

• MySQL is the overall database—the entire package.

• MYSQL is a C API structure for managing a connection to a database.

• mysql is the client package—the tool you use to communicate with a MySQL database server from the command line. It is also the name of the database that stores system information (what you might expect to be called “sysobjects” or “systables” in other databases).

mysql: The Command-Line Interface

The program mysql is really ...