With an increasing number of businesses establishing an online presence, databases have become a crucial requirement for organizations of all shapes and sizes. A database is a collection of data in a layman’s words, organized and stored in the electronic form to ensure easy access, retrieval, manipulation, and management of business data.

Databases are pivotal to a business’s success because they help store the relevant data in a centralized location. Not just that, they also facilitate the communication of critical business information like customer profiles, employee profiles, product inventory, sales transactions, marketing campaigns, and so on. Also, databases ensure data security through various authentication mechanisms like user logins and access specifiers.

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In this post, we’re going to talk about relational databases, with a special focus on two popular data management tools – SQL and MySQL.

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