Please tell me the difference between the two thankz
curiousdan 0 Newbie Poster
TKSS
MSSQL is Microsoft SQL Server (http://www.answers.com/ms+sql&r=67)
MySQL is Open Source SQL Server (http://www.answers.com/mysql&r=67)
Gary King 37 PHP/vBulletin Guru Team Colleague
I haven't looked at MSSQL for a long time, but I believe it's like ~$1,000 or so? MySQL = free
Phaelax 52 Practically a Posting Shark
Still cheaper than Oracle's.
chrisxkelley 0 Newbie Poster
wow, why pay ~$1000 for something when you can get the better of the two [free]?
Drew 14 Junior Poster
MSSQL is a little more powerfull database server, but it does cost money.
Eternal2u 0 Newbie Poster
MySQL beats the shit out of MSSQL, but MSSQL is more secure..because well..no one uses it? lol
Drew 14 Junior Poster
Well that is your opinion and im not going to argue... i personally think mssql is a strongly database server since it has stored procedures. But i heard the latest version of MySQL also has stored procedures, but im not 100% sure on that.
mediaphyte 0 Newbie Poster
MySQL is starting to include transactions, etc. to be more comparable with MSSQL. PostgreSQL has been touted as being more like MSSQL, but I'm still a big fan of MySQL & never have had any issues with it.
Suppose it depends on your needs... If you're the McDonalds of the cyberworld you may want to research your needs of a database, otherwise MySQL (I would argue) may be best option since it is so widely used (you can always google query examples for it, that's for sure... and that's only if you can't understand the huge freaking manual)
MSSQL on the other hand charges $... and if you're the type to get on the phone with tech support, then you may actually prefer this option... that's the kind of thing you're paying for here (though, I don't actually know how their tech support options look, I'm just assuming for that kind of $ is should at least be decent)
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