MySQL is their SQL

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX
10/10/05
Today's focus: MySQL is their SQL

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* How readers are using MySQL
* Links related to Linux
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: MySQL is their SQL

By Phil Hochmuth

At the end of last week's newsletter about the latest MySQL
update, I asked how this open source database is being used
among newsletter readers. From the large response, it appears
the database is an integral part of many reader's Linux-based
server platforms, and runs in a variety of ways.

From an unscientific sample of reader responses, MySQL and open
source databases appear to be running a variety of applications
in such areas as government, education, enterprise and
private/non-profit uses.

According to one reader who develops MySQL on Linux, the
platform runs several applications for the National Weather
Service. An application using MySQL, running Apache Web server
on Penguin Computing Linux servers, allows people to enter a zip
code and get their local forecast.

"We database our products, warnings, and local conditions from
Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS) all using MySQL,"
says Leon Minton, an IT analysts with the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. "It has worked well for us and has
since been adopted throughout all the National Weather Service."

Another reader is using MySQL to revamp a school district's
scattered database architecture.

"We're using MySQL to rid a school district of nearly 400
Filemaker Pro databases," said another IT professional who wrote
in. "It's great stuff!"

MySQL is not the only open source tool in developers' toolboxes,
however. One reader says both MySQL and PostgreSQL, as well as
Oracle and Microsoft SQL servers all come into play in projects,
but "our preferred database platform for complex applications is
PostgreSQL for small to midsize enterprises."

Another reader employed MySQL to run a variety of community
information portals for art clubs and other organizations to
promote events in the North Carolina area:
http://Arts.TealRay.com <http://arts.tealray.com/> and
http://Clubs.TealRay.com <http://clubs.tealray.com/>.

"It's a service for community organizations to list their
organizations (by region or state) and promote their upcoming
events (for free)," says Anthony Edwards, moderator for the
sites. "MySQL is used to keep track of all the organization
groups, events, users, e-mail subscriptions and more."

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To contact: Phil Hochmuth

Phil Hochmuth is a Network World Senior Editor and a former
systems integrator. You can reach him at
<mailto:phochmut@nww.com>.
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