Accessing data with Ballerina
Database access is a common requirement for almost all applications. Applications that need to maintain a state need to persist its status somewhere on the system. This status could be a permanent state or a temporary state. Databases are used for both permanent and in-memory data storage purposes since they provide a range of functionalities to read and write data. If data is to be permanent, we should keep data on permanent storage. If the data does not need to be permanently stored, this data can be persisted in an in-memory database.
Connecting the Ballerina application with MySQL
Data is a vital part of any software system. The database is the key component, which is used to store and query data. Programming languages have their own interfaces that can be used to communicate with databases. In short, these interactions can be divided into four parts known as CRUD operations. CRUD operations consist of the following: