All script apps including forums or online stores store their data in a database - a group of cells and tables which contains the Internet site information such as items, prices, comments, and many others. Each time you open a specific page, the script connects to the database and retrieves the required information, then shows it. The intermediary software which connects the script and the database is called a database management system and amongst the most famous ones is MySQL. The latter is frequently used simply because it runs on a number of platforms (UNIX, Linux, Windows) and with numerous scripting languages (PHP, Perl, Python, Java), not mentioning its wonderful efficiency even with massive databases. Lots of well-known platforms including Joomla™ or WordPress use MySQL databases to store their content.

MySQL 5 Databases in Shared Hosting

The in-house built Hepsia CP included with our Linux shared hosting service will allow you to take care of all your MySQL databases effortlessly. It takes only a couple of clicks to set up a new database and with one more click you could back it up if you would like to have a copy before you update your website, for example. You shall be able to modify the password, delete a database or allow remote access to it just as easily. For the latter option you'll be able to pick the IP addresses which will be able to connect to the database remotely so as to make sure that unauthorized people shall not be able to access your info. If you'd like to see the database content or edit any cell or table using the Control Panel, you can use phpMyAdmin, an effective web-based interface. Using any one of our script-driven apps shall also be easy as our script installer will create a database for the script which you have selected automatically.

MySQL 5 Databases in Semi-dedicated Servers

You shall be able to use any script that requires MySQL with each of our semi-dedicated service due to the fact that we have the most up-to-date version set up on all web servers - MySQL 5. Via our in-house built Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, you shall be able to easily set up or remove a database, change its password, back it up with just a single click or examine the hourly and daily access statistics for it. If you would like to handle the content of a database directly, not by using a script, you will have 2 options - either working with the web interface of the phpMyAdmin tool, that's available in the CP, or using an application set up on your laptop or computer since we support remote database access. For the latter option, you'll need to add your IP address through the hosting account first as an additional level of security against unauthorized access to your info.