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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] mysql and sql in 8.2
From:       Michael D Green <linux () saesolved ! com>
Date:       2003-06-03 12:42:28
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From http://sqlcourse.com/intro.html: 'SQL (pronounced "ess-que-el") stands 
for Structured Query Language. SQL is used to communicate with a database.'

Microsoft SQL Server or MS-SQL (http://www.microsoft.com/sql/) and MySQL 
(http://www.mysql.com/) are two of the many database systems which use SQL. 
MS SQL Server is a proprietary database system. MySQL is an open source one.

To the extent that both use SQL to communicate with a database they are the 
same. Each, however, has its own extensions to SQL. And each uses a different 
format for some things. 

So they are not identical -- and, I would say, not even very close.

Cheers!

Mike Green

On Monday 02 June 2003 05:14 pm, Serge Naggar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I haven't worked with either sql or mysql.
>
> I'm being offered a special purpose program which works in ms-sql.
> Can I assume that the two are very close?  identical?
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Serge Naggar



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