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, etc.

With its January 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle gained the MySQL open source database management software (DBMS) platform for enterprise IT environments. MySQL, which uses SQL ...

This white paper compares MariaDB, Oracle and EnterpriseDB and their databases: MariaDB TX, MySQL Enterprise Edition and EnterpriseDB Postgres Platform. It begins with a comparison of business models ...

For database developers and managers, this change shouldn't be a problem. MariaDB, a MySQL fork founded by the original MySQL developers, is designed to be a drop-in replacement for the MySQL Database ...

Oracle threw its own punches at Red Hat and Microsoft today by detailing expanding integration of its MySQL with Windows and Oracle's heftier databases in the 2011-12 timeframe. In a webcast today, ...

Good old-fashioned SQL still rules the database roost, though popular offerings in the NoSQL camp are closing the gap, while MySQL is the most popular of the whole bunch. The new 2019 Database Trends ...

The world’s most popular open source database is MySQL, and it is used by plenty of hip companies like Facebook, Slack, Airbnb, Alibaba, and the world’s biggest web property, Tencent (which owns ...

WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EnterpriseDB (“EDB”), the leading Postgres data and AI company, today announced the results of a new benchmark study from McKnight Consulting Group.