MySQL

How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 14.04

While many users require access to a database management system like MySQL, not all users feel comfortable interacting with the MySQL prompt on a daily basis. In this guide, we’ll discuss how to install and secure phpMyAdmin, a web management interface for MySQL, on an Ubuntu 14.04 server.

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How To Manage an SQL Database — step-by-step Databases tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Manage an SQL Database

SQL databases come installed with all the commands you need to add, modify, delete, and query your data. This cheat sheet-style guide provides a quick reference to some of the most commonly-used SQL commands.

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How To Set Up a Remote Database to Optimize Site Performance with MySQL — step-by-step Databases tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up a Remote Database to Optimize Site Performance with MySQL

When your site begins to get more visitors, you may have to think about how to handle the additional traffic. One easy way of doing this is to separate your database operations from your web server so that each can handle its own load. In this guide, we’ll demonstrate how to do this for a WordPress site built on Nginx by configuring a remote MySQL database.

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How To Use Indexes in MySQL — step-by-step Databases tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use Indexes in MySQL

As the data in a database increases, search performance can suffer. The larger the dataset, the harder it is for the database engine to find the documents that match the query quickly. Database administrators can use indexes to aid the database engine and improve its performance. In this tutorial, you’ll learn what indexes are, how to create them, and confirm whether they’re used to query the database.

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