MySQL AB is eyeing a November release for Version 5.0 of its open-source database, a major upgrade that the company hopes will help it become a realistic alternative for corporate users. If all goes ...

Percona says more than half of installs remain on version set to lose support in 2026 Users have six months to migrate from ...

Peter Zaitsev reported recently that new versions of MySQL Community edition are no longer available for download from the MySQL Download Area. This provoked a storm of speculation that MySQL was ...

Open source software vendor MySQL AB has once again billed the imminent version of its flagship database software as the most significant in its history as it nears completion. In an email to the ...

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Hello all. For those who don't know, I co-run a web hosting company. We recently upgraded MySQL from 4.x to 5.x, then back down to 4.x (I can get specific versions if necessary) due to ...

Several of the world's largest users of the MySQL database have committed to updating their systems to new releases — but each has left questions marks over whether they will support the ...

Sun has announced the official release of MySQL 5.1, a new version of the popular open source database software. Although Sun has declared that this version is ready for widespread adoption in ...

For the next release of its open source MySQL, Oracle is making a number of changes designed to vastly boost the speed of the open source relational database management system. Such a sizeable ...

MySQL 3.23 and MySQL 4.0 users will have to buy a subscription to receive updates after Aug. 1 and Oct. 1 respectively MySQL has published its first “end of life” timetable for its open-source ...