This excellent relational database was rated the Best Affordable Database of the Year by CNET. In addition to connecting to your MySQL Database for your servlets, you can also connect to it remotely via remote MySQL clients, Java applets via JDBC, or even ODBC-enabled programs such as Microsoft Access via MyODBC. JDBC Drivers for MySQL are included with your MySQL Database as well as connection pooling classes and sample code. For more information, see the database questions in the FAQ section of this site.