MySQL is the world's most popular open source database--simply the best for access.

Big Business has setup options to share data to with systems that can access MySQL. Your shipping station can get Orders to read shipping addresses and put back tracking.

If you have a web store you administer, you may want Items the instant they change. If your store is B2B, you may want Customers, too. It's up to you, what you can do.

Big Business 14.48 updates MySQL Access to add "non-blocking" options for Azure. Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform with option to run MySQL databases.

Big Business lets you access data such as Customer, Items, and Orders, using MySQL. We can connect Shipping for you, or you can get Items for your web store, or send all data to a parent company system like Oracle or for data warehousing. It's up to you.

This chapter provides a quick overview, highlighting recent changes and possible uses. Other chapters detail connecting Shipping or setting up Macs, Windows, using ODBC.

MySQL Changes are automatic and update your data in MySQL for realtime uses.

When you upgrade your version of BigBusiness and it changes content, your MySQL is automatically updated to include new fields, new types, and, as always, new data.

Live Subtotal is a customization in Orders List to show a Subtotal for searched results.