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This service provides <a target="_blank" href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc">MySQL</a> databases to <a target="_blank" href="http://ca.mit.edu/">MIT certificate</a> holders.
You must choose a MySQL password (which should be different from your Athena account password) when you <a href="do/signup">sign up</a>, and
then use this interface to create and drop databases.  All subsequent SQL commands can be issued from any host, client, and/or script of your choice;
simply connect to the MySQL server at <b>sql.mit.edu</b> using your username and your new MySQL password.
You may find it convenient to run scripts using the <a target="_blank" href="http://scripts.mit.edu/web">web script service</a> or
<a target="_blank" href="http://scripts.mit.edu/cron">shortjobs service</a>.
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All uses of this service must comply with the <a target="_blank" href="http://web.mit.edu/olh/Welcome/rules.html">MITnet rules of use</a>.
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Although this service has been designed with reliability in mind, the SIPB MySQL service should not be used to host critical applications that cannot tolerate downtime.
We perform no query logging, schema or data backups, or any other backups otherwise generally available. You are solely responsible for performing backups of your data.
We maintain general usage statistics of this service by the MIT community at large.
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