Programming Flashcards
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Q
Difference between SQL and MySQL
A
SQL is a language. Specifically, the “Structured Query Language”
MySQL is one of several database systems, or RDMS (Relational Database Management System). MySQL is one of several RDMS’s, others of which are Oracle, Informix, Postgres, and MSQL.
All of these RDMSs use SQL as their language. Each of them have minor variations in the “dialect” of SQL that they use, but it’s all still SQL.
Basically, the difference between SQL and MySQL is the same as the difference between Spanish and Mexicans. Spanish is a language. Mexicans are one of a group of people that use Spanish. Mexican Spanish and Spaniard Spanish are mildly different in dialects, but they’re still Spanish.
