MySQL and PostgreSQL are two popular open-source database products. The addition of stored procedures to MySQL 5.0 is designed to make the database more attractive to corporate customers.

How to install and configure the latest edition of the popular open source database, plus tips for migrating from MySQL 7 ...

Ever since Linux became a viable server operating system, organizations have been looking to all kinds of open source software (OSS) to save on license and maintenance costs and to enjoy the benefits ...

A new MySQL foreign data wrapper for Postgres is designed to help firms combine and query data from their databases.

In the past, open-source databases often lacked the technical support and services needed by solution providers. That's not the case anymore with MySQL Server.

The creators of the open-source databases MySQL and PostgreSQL are trying to push them further into the enterprise with new features aimed at better support for transactions, database recovery and ...

MySQL AB on Wednesday announced general availability of Version 4.1 of its MySQL open source database, which the company is positioning as production-ready for large-scale enterprise usage.

MySQL MySQL is one of the most popular open source databases. It was owned by Sun, and is now owned by Oracle, which bought Sun in 2010. Oracle has stated that it is committed to supporting and ...

Open-source databases MySQL and PostgreSQL are gaining steam, but rip-and-replace situations where MySQL and PostgreSQL replace Oracle Database, IBM DB2 or Microsoft SQL Server databases remain rare.

Thanks to issues surrounding how to make the open source MySQL databases scale and concerns about Oracle’s ongoing stewardship of the project, interest in an open source MariaDB, which is compatible ...