MySQL is a relational database managament system (DBMS) that uses the SQL language for doing queries to get the inforamtion stored in it. MySQL is the equivalent as saying Oracel, or DB2.
HTH JFernando * sql * -----Original Message----- From: Poon, Kelvin (Infomart) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: January 17, 2003 15:01 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: mySQL and SQL Hi I am new to mySQL, Can someone explain to me the difference between SQL and mySQL? I know a little bit of SQL, select statments, insert statments and such, but I ahve no idea what is mySQL? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php