# Lambda vs MySql

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/lambda-vs-mysql/12367>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Tags:** aws, lambda\
**Created:** [August 24, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/lambda-vs-mysql/12367 "2020-08-24T12:27:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bjarni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@bjarni](https://forum.serverless.com/u/bjarni)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/lambda-vs-mysql/12367/1 "2020-08-24T12:27:40Z")

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Hello, I’ve been looking into the serverless framework and basically like what I’ve seen. One of my tasks is to build a Lambda functions which reads and writes to an MySql instance we have but haven’t found any good examples for that. Anybody here who could help me with that ?

Thanks,  
Bjarni

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**Author:** ![Troncoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Troncoso](https://forum.serverless.com/u/Troncoso)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/lambda-vs-mysql/12367/2 "2020-08-24T15:13:06Z")

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You do this like normal outside of a serverless space. As long as your lambda can communicate with your mysql server, you can just use standard libraries in Python, Node, Java, or whatever you plan to use.

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**Author:** ![carlos](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/carlos/32/4511_2.png) [@carlos](https://forum.serverless.com/u/carlos)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/lambda-vs-mysql/12367/3 "2020-08-25T01:24:37Z")

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One thing to look out for is you will probably want to deploy your lambda inside the same vpc as the mysql is located.

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**Author:** ![bjarni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@bjarni](https://forum.serverless.com/u/bjarni)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/lambda-vs-mysql/12367/4 "2020-08-25T12:23:23Z")

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Thanks - I’ll move that direction

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**Author:** ![bjarni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@bjarni](https://forum.serverless.com/u/bjarni)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/lambda-vs-mysql/12367/5 "2020-08-25T12:24:33Z")

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Thats a good point, thanks.