Integrating database access into Linux applications

From IBM developerWorks: “This article describes MySQL, a useful tool for developing e-commerce and other complicated, dynamic Web sites that make use of third-party databases. MySQL is a fast, multi-threaded, and fully functional SQL server. In addition to describing the basic architecture of the MySQL system, this article offers simple examples in both Tcl and C++ that can start you down the path to developing database-aware Web applications.”