Oracle has changed the pricing for MySQL server editions, more than tripling the bottom end. Get used to it. CEO Larry Ellison wants the company to make more money.

Start-up EnterpriseDB is entering the business database market head-on, using open-source PostgreSQL as its starting point--and lower cost as its selling point. On Monday, the 45-person company ...

Database start-up Vertica is set to release its column-oriented database optimized for business intelligence queries.

It's time to stop sniping at Oracle's handling of MySQL. Far from declining over the past few years, the open-source database has actually improved under Oracle's stewardship, according to Percona ...

I just rebooted my Mandrake 8.2 system and now I can't get MYSQL to work.I can't start the server. When I type in: safe_mysqld it says: "starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql ...

Get up to speed on MySQL basics with this step-by-step tutorial on how to create a database, add a table, and input data into the table.

Download MySQL Connector/J 5.1.6 from here. Extract the bundle and copy “mysql-connector-java-5.1.6-bin.jar” to the “lib” directory of Grails application. Start MySQL database as: ...