MySQL 4

One of the best databases for web services.

The simplicity shown by MySQL 4 managed to placed in among the most used databases, something that together with the license that allowed that its distribution wasn't any problem managed to convince many developers to devote themselves to its development and made it one of the most important databases.

  Despite not having some key functions like the transaction or the reference integrity, the truth is that in what refers to its performance and usability, MySQL 4 is an excellent database to use on web servers that support dynamic websites.

  Among its most important characteristics we will be able to find organization by means of foreign keys, replication or the possibility to index text field. What's more, its optimization can be based on improving its speed or the quantity of simultaneous operations available.

  MySQL 4 is a really popular development over which a vast majority of the CMS that appear nowadays on the market, like Wordpress, Joomla or Drupal, can be used. So now you know, if you want to learn how to use and optimize the functioning of the database focused towards the web, this software is the first thing that you have to download.