4 messages in com.mysql.lists.mysqlRe: Database languages supported by M...
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Ochungo, Pamela (ILRI)25 Apr 2005 00:19 
Jigal van Hemert26 Apr 2005 00:38 
Dawid Kuroczko26 Apr 2005 02:46 
Rhino26 Apr 2005 06:05 
Subject:Re: Database languages supported by MySQL
From:Jigal van Hemert (jig@spill.nl)
Date:04/26/2005 12:38:29 AM
List:com.mysql.lists.mysql

From: "Ochungo, Pamela (ILRI)"

I would like to know whether there are any other languages supported by MySQL apart from SQL. e.g. MsAccess provides VB for aplications. Does MySQL support any such

lower level language?

MySQL is a database management system (DBMS), a so called backend system. MS Access is a DBMS (backend) plus graphical frontend. The frontend of MS Access has VBA for all kinds of scripting purposes.

If you use Perl or PHP as a frontend you can use those languages to process query results, etc. If you use something like OpenOffice.org as a frontend you can use the Basic language that is built into OpenOffice.org.

MySQL provides a very, very basic frontend through the MySQL client that provides the MySQL prompt, but this frontend (client) does not contain any scripting language.

Regards, Jigal.