MySQL is a great enterprise level RDBMS. The greatest thing about it is that its completely Free for download and use. It's fully ANSI SQL compliant. Which means that any ANSI SQL syntax that one uses in Oracle or SQL Server will work in MySQL without any changing at all.
MySQL has a number of great, GUI based tools PHPMyAdmin is just one of them. These tools help in the creation of a MySQL database and populating the database with data tables without really knowing a lot of ANSI SQL.
It's simple to download and install. You can do anything with MySQL that can be done with Oracle, SQL Server, which have really costly, per seat, license agreements as well as a fairly large core RDBMS cost as well.
If you'd like to know how to download, install and configure MySQL, do take a look at the tutorials that will help you do just that on: http://www.opensourcevarsity.com
I really like working with MySQL and have done so for several years now. I'm willing to share my knowledge with others who are interested in MySQL.



