Using MySQL

1. Install MySQL
2. We will need a MySQL driver
   • go get -u github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql
   • read the documentation
   • see all SQL drivers
   • Astaxie's book
3. Include driver in your imports
   • _ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
   • Read the documentation
4. Determine the Data Source Name
   • user:password@tcp(localhost:5555)/dbname?charset=utf-8
   • Read the documentation
5. Open a connection
   • db, err := sql.Open("mysql", "user:password@tcp(localhost:5555)/dbname?charset=utf-8)

package sql