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 ...

If you take any 10 DBAs from each side and ask them to look up a solution to a problem on their platform, the SQL guys will find the answer much faster than the Oracle guys will. And that’s just ...

InfoWorld blogger Sean McCown at Database Underground wrote about a key difference between SQL Server & Oracle: "The answer is simple... information. Microsoft has built such a strong community ...

“SQL Server is significantly easier to install than Oracle or DB2. It’s very easy for developers that don’t necessarily have a DBA background to slap in an installation.