Free Oracle Database

If you can host it, this free Oracle database can be implemented with PHP. Try it instead of MySQL. Limited to 4Gb of data. [...]

Web Drug Database

This looks like a great idea: a database full of drug types with explanations, precautions, side-effects and general advice about each drug. Moreo [...]

Repairing Database Corruption in MySQL

MySQL has some easy-to-use tools that can easily repair most cases of table corruption, and this article introduces you to these. [...]

UPDATE: MySQL Launches Admin Tool

MySQL teams up with JBoss and ZendThe goal is to give DBAs a way to configure servers, monitor database activity and perform backup and restore tasks [...]

FlatPress

FlatPress is like Wordpress but built on flat files rather than a database. [...]

Big.com

Big.com is a search engine with enormous text and form fields but small database of results. [...]

MySQL shortcuts

Learn some shortcuts when designing your MySQL databases. Article from Database Journal. [...]

Discogs

What a great informative site for anyone interested in electronic music. The site aims "to build the biggest and most comprehensive electronic music [...]

MySQL-PHP Restriction Fears Unwarranted

Open-source database vendor MySQL recently initiated some restrictions on the bundling of MySQL libraries with the PHP scripting language ... read t [...]

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Aform is a neat application that automates the form building process. You simply enter your form details and the accessible xhtml is created for yo [...]

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Defensive programming practices to survive Web site traffic peaks

8 tips for dealing with getting 'Digg'ed:Avoid accessing databasesCache Web pagesAvoid needless personalizationQueue tasks that may take too longMove [...]

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On this site I have set up an admin facility where I can view my referrer logs, create a new log entry, check links that visitors have made and send [...]

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MySQL backups

Useful tutorial on the best way to make backups of your MySQL databases: MySQL backups. [...]

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HEAP tables in MySQL

We all know accessing data in RAM is a lot quicker than accessing data on disk. So, with this in mind, wouldn't it make sense for MySQL to store as [...]

call the police, there's been a domain name theft

Domain names get stolen all the time. Didn't you know?If you're forgetful (or plain stoopid) you might find yourself in the position where the renew [...]

Referential Integrity in MySQL

Ian Gilfillan briefly explains the concepts of referential integrity, and delves into how MySQL enforces those concepts with its definition of foreig [...]