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'''MySQL''' is a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user and robust [[SQL]] (Structured Query Language) [[relational database]] server. MySQL is [[free software]]: it is licensed under the [[GNU General Public License]]. It was written and is maintained by the Swedish company MySQL AB, which sells support and service contracts as well as commercially licencedlicensed copies of MySQL and employs people all over the world who communicate over the internet.

MySQL originally lacked support for [[transaction|transactions]], however this feature is now available. The full [[ANSI SQL]] standard is extended in some areas and not implemented in others; probably the most often requested features which are not yet implemented are: