A petition launched in December by MySQL creator Michael 'Monty' Widenius to "save" the open-source database from Oracle has quickly gained momentum, collecting nearly 17,000 signatures.

The creator of MySQL has launched a Web-based campaign to “save” the open-source database from the “clutches” of Oracle, which is attempting to purchase its current owner, Sun Microsystems.

Open source has brought a lot more than Linux to the computing world. It has also given us PHP and MySQL. In the first installment of this three-lesson tutorial, we cover everything you need to ...

A campaign to 'save' MySQL by creator Monty Widenius is rapidly gaining momentum.

MySQL SUM Function The MySQL SUM function takes the fields or rows you input and adds their values together, then returns the total. Save your query in a PHP variable.