PHP mysql

[Anon]

Are there advantages of using MYSQL over SQL in conjunction with PHP? MYSQL appears to always be associated with PHP.

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MySQL is free, small, easy to set up.
MS-SQL is expensive,big, and more complex to set up.

But MS-SQL has a much more complete SQL language than MySQL.

So if you want a quick and cheap solution, use MySQL (or pg-sql) but if you want complete SQL (and you already have an MS-SQL server handy) use MS-SQL.

Dislaimer: MySQL and pg-sql are fully capable of running huge databases for huge websites, you don't need MS-SQL or Oracle for that.
But... if things go belly-up there's no expert you can call to have a look at it.
Choices choices...