All script applications including forums or web shops store their info within a database - a collection of cells and tables that contains all the Internet site information like items, prices, comments, and so forth. Whenever you open a particular page, the script connects to the database and retrieves the necessary info, then displays it. The mid-level software which connects the script and the database is called a database management system and among the most popular ones is MySQL. The latter is widely used as it runs on a number of platforms (Linux, UNIX, Windows) and with a variety of scripting languages (PHP, Java, Python, Perl), not mentioning its great efficiency even with big databases. Lots of popular platforms such as WordPress or Joomla™ work with MySQL databases to save their content.

MySQL 5 Databases in Shared Website Hosting

The in-house built Hepsia CP that comes with our Linux shared website hosting will permit you to manage all your MySQL databases easily. It takes only a few clicks to set up a brand new database and with only one more click you can back it up if you want to have a copy before you update your site, for example. You shall be able to change the password, remove a database or allow remote access to it just as easily. For the latter option you could choose the IP addresses that'll be able to connect to the database remotely in order to ensure that unauthorized people shall not be able to access your information. If you'd like to see the database content or edit any cell or table through the Control Panel, you can use phpMyAdmin, an excellent web-based interface. Using any one of our script-driven apps will also be easy as our script installer will create a database for the script that you have picked out automatically.

MySQL 5 Databases in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to use any script that requires MySQL with any of our Linux semi-dedicated hosting as we have the most up-to-date version set up on all web servers - MySQL 5. Through our in-house built Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, you will be able to easily create or erase a database, change its password, back it up with one click or examine the hourly and daily access statistics for it. If you want to handle the content of a database directly, not by using a script, you'll have two options - either employing the web interface of the phpMyAdmin tool, that's available inside the Control Panel, or using an application set up on your personal computer since we support remote database access. For the latter option, you will need to include your IP address via the web hosting account first as an additional level of security against unauthorized access to your data.