Monty Widenius, the original author of the MySQL database server, has resigned from Sun Microsystems after months of protracted discussions about his career. In a blog post, Widenius cited the botched ...

RIGHT JOIN (or RIGHT OUTER JOIN): It’s the opposite of a LEFT JOIN. It keeps all rows from the right table and matches from the left. Less common than LEFT JOIN, but good to know it exists.

Karen Tegan Padir, the head of MySQL development at Sun Microsystems, did not join Oracle when Sun was merged into the database company at the end of February. Instead, she joined another open source ...