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What is MySQL Database and Why Is It Important to Web Design?

If you have spent any time learning about the backend of your website, you must have heard of the MySQL database. This is by far the most popular choice of web hosting companies and understanding it can help you make the most of it.

 

Today I'm here to explain what it is and how it will affect web design.

What is a MySQL Database?

By definition, MySQL is an open-source SQL relational database management system from Oracle. In a relational database, data is stored in small storage areas called tables. This makes it easier to find the data you need, but more importantly, it helps to organize the data.

 

For example, let's say you store what your customer has recently purchased as well as their contact information. These are pretty simple things that you should keep. In MySQL, each of these parts will be stored in a separate table.

 

This way you can examine the table you want to get to get the information you need. If it weren't a relational database, then both pieces of data would be stored in the same place.

 

First, it makes it very difficult to find the right data.

 

And secondly, there will be a lot of duplicate information taking up space. This makes relational databases like MySQL very efficient overall.

 

You can also view multiple pieces of data with a key. This allows you to take the data associated with that key from multiple tables. The key is a unique identifier assigned to this piece of data.

 

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Uploaded on March 1, 2022