Hello from Huddersfield ;o)

[josha]

Hi all,

I'm just starting a small database business and came across these forums, you all seem like a nice friendly bunch!

Josh

[fisicx]

Hi Josh.

Welcome to forums. Not sure if their's been a DB expert around for a while so a new expert could be a useful addition.

(what's the difference between MySQL and SQL - I've tried to find out but it's all a bit geeky).

Graham

[josha]

Hi Graham,

There isn't a difference as such - SQL stands for 'Structured Query Language' and is the standard method by which data is added to, removed from and updated to a database. MySQL is an open-source database server that you can communicate with using SQL, in fact most 'databases' support SQL, but they will stick extra bits on to differentiate themselves from each other.

When you create an MS Access database and run a query, that query is written in SQL, similarly when you browse a database driven website (like ebay) the way the website 'asks' for the video from the database is by SQL, the database itself might be MySQL, Oracle, Postgre etc etc.

Hmmm - does this make sense? In short SQL is the language and MySQL is the thing you want to talk to.

Cheers

Josh

[bubblewrap]

Welcome Josh...

I'm versed in all things computing so we'll be part of the geeky bunch.

Hope you enjoy your stay.

Elie aka bubblewrap