Jun 18, 2003 #1 BiggerD Programmer Jun 19, 2002 43 GB I am new to MYSQL can somebody give me an overview of MySQL and also tell me of any differences between MS SQL Server and MySQL?
I am new to MYSQL can somebody give me an overview of MySQL and also tell me of any differences between MS SQL Server and MySQL?
Jun 18, 2003 #2 sleipnir214 Programmer May 6, 2002 15,350 US MySQL is engineered to be a fast, robust, lightweight database server. As such, it does not support a lot of the features found in MSSQL. Things found in MSSQL that are not found in MSQL are stored procedures, explicit foreign keys, certain types of subselects, or triggers. One place to start reading: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Differences_from_ANSI.html Want the best answers? Ask the best questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htmlTANSTAAFL! Upvote 0 Downvote
MySQL is engineered to be a fast, robust, lightweight database server. As such, it does not support a lot of the features found in MSSQL. Things found in MSSQL that are not found in MSQL are stored procedures, explicit foreign keys, certain types of subselects, or triggers. One place to start reading: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Differences_from_ANSI.html Want the best answers? Ask the best questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htmlTANSTAAFL!