A connection to a database is a resource intensive operation that typically comprises a few steps. A channel of communication between the application and the database should be established before the ...

Learn how to get best performance while working with Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server. As we add new capabilities to the platform, we'll continue refining our recommendations in this section.

So I'm writing a Samba virtual file system plugin. It has a nice, clean API, and I quickly had the basic functionality down. Problem is, I need database connections to do some access checking. Right ...