Using MySQL

1. Install MySQL

• Download MySQL Community Server

1. We will need a MySQL driver

• go get github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql
• read the documentation
• see all SQL drivers
• Astaxie's book

1. Include the driver in your imports

• _ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
• Read the documentation

1. Determine the Data Source Name

• user:password@tcp(localhost:5555)/dbname?charset=utf8
• Read the documentation

1. Open a connection

• db, err := sql.Open("mysql", "user:password@tcp(localhost:5555)/dbname?charset=utf8")

package sql