Oracle Commerce Platform supports the MySQL database for use in evaluation and development installations. You can use a MySQL database if you want to configure an Oracle Commerce Platform server quickly and you are not concerned about large-scale performance and reliability. Database configuration for production use requires more sophisticated preparation. Configuring databases for production use is covered in Configuring Databases and Database Access section in the Platform Installation and Configuration Guide.
To use a MySQL evaluation database:
Install MySQL. See MySQL Databases in the Platform Installation and Configuration Guide.
Start the database.
Follow the instructions below to create and populate versioned database tables as required by Merchandising and the Oracle Commerce Core Commerce.
If you intend to use other Oracle Commerce Platform applications, see the documentation for each application to learn the database table requirements.
Import data required by Merchandising. See Importing Required Data.
