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MySQL Database
The MySQL option in your control panel installs the MySQL database for your domain. SQL is an abbreviation for structured query language, and it's pronounced either see-kwuhl or as separate letters. SQL is a standardized query language for requesting information from a database. The original version called SEQUEL (structured English query language) was designed by an IBM research center in 1974 and 1975. SQL was first introduced as a commercial database system in 1979 by Oracle Corporation.
Historically, SQL has been the favorite query language for database management systems running on minicomputers and mainframes. Increasingly, however, SQL is being supported by PC database systems because it supports distributed databases (databases that are spread out over several computer systems). This enables several users on a local-area network to access the same database simultaneously.
Although there are different dialects of SQL, it is nevertheless the closest thing to a standard query language that currently exists. In 1986, ANSI approved a rudimentary version of SQL as the official standard, but most versions of SQL since then have included many extensions to the ANSI standard. In 1991, ANSI updated the standard. The new standard is known as SAG SQL.
Hosting Connecticut does not provide technical support for using MySQL, however you will find loads of useful information as well as additional resources that will assist you within the following links.
Web Sites
The MySQL site has an SQL reference and lots of information about MySQL in particular.
An SQL tutorial is available on the net at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/2207/sql1.html
Mailing Lists
The MySQL site lists in their documentation page a number of mailing lists concerning MySQL and SQL.
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