SQL stands for Structured Query Language. It’s a standard language for accessing and manipulating databases. MySQL is a database management system, like SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, Postgres ...

This is far from the first time MySQL has been positioned against SQL Server, as its former owner, Sun Microsystems, made similar moves for years. Comparisons between MySQL and SQL Server “are ...

But even as it extolled Windows as an ideal platform for MySQL, and identified plans to increase integration between the two, Oracle also simultaneously took aim at Microsoft's SQL Server and ...