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 ...

Look at all the vendors out there making video training. I haven’t seen any for Oracle, but SQL has tons. OK, I’ve seen a couple for Oracle, but they’re all that old style CBT from the 1990s.

Difference between SQL and NoSQL. ... Oracle SQL Developer crashing on startup on Windows computer ... There are various ways to scale SQL servers, both SQL Server and MySql provide server clustering.

SQL databases with in-memory column stores, NoSQL with query languages; it looks like the two schools of database design have begun to merge.

MySQL is now owned by Oracle while MariaDB is managed by the MariaDB foundation. At their core is a common SQL query language that has made it easy to learn and utilize these systems.

With the release of MySQL version 5.5, Oracle is marketing the open-source database for Web application duties, while targeting its namesake Oracle database for enterprise applications.