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What is difference between SQL & mysql ?

I know SQL , but I don't know about mysql , Please guide me , thanks🌹

25th Jun 2019, 12:48 PM
Ali Badri
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SQL is database language but MySql is a program that understands SQL language.
25th Jun 2019, 1:16 PM
Amir Mohammad
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SQL stands for Structured Query Language. It is a special purpose standard programming language. SQL is used to issue instructions relating to the addition, retrieval, removal and access of data within a relational database management system. Simply put, it’s a language you can use to access data that’s stored within a database. MySQL is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS). It is a software that’s used to store and manipulate data. Open source means “it is free to use and undergoes frequent changes to enhance security and user friendliness.” MySQL is an RDBS that is popularly used on the web as opposed to offline data management.
26th Jun 2019, 12:21 PM
Ayush Sinha
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SQL is structured query language and mysql is a programme which understand sql. Sql is use to manpulate data from a relational data base. However both of them have same syntax. But some may differ.
26th Jun 2019, 3:44 AM
Nithya Yamasinghe
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SQL is a query language while MySQL is database software. It uses "SQL" language to query the database.
26th Jun 2019, 1:50 PM
Rounak Muchhal
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SQL is database language but MySql is a program that understands SQL language
6th Jul 2019, 3:46 AM
kohola-Kuete Eric-Brice
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Mysql understands SQL. You can write queries in SQL language and run on mysql. Mysql is a database and sql is a language used to handle databases.
26th Jun 2019, 4:12 AM
Gaurav bhojwani
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MySql is a program that understands SQL language but SQL is database language MySQL is an RDBS that is popularly used on the web as opposed to offline data management
6th Jul 2019, 4:07 AM
kohola-Kuete Eric-Brice
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We can ilustrate SQL as car (in general) and MySQL is Ferrari, MariaDB is Lamborghini, PostgreSQL is Porsche, and so on
26th Jun 2019, 5:31 PM
Ahmat Roihan
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If you know SQL, so how you don't know about MySQL? Write here that you don't know about MSSQL, PostgreSQL etc. This is a really analogical with car, but: I know how drive a car, but i don't know what is a car.
27th Jun 2019, 12:12 AM
Игорь Щенев
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SQL is query language to access relational database,MySQL is a database management system, there are a lot of RDBMS like PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL etc
9th Jul 2019, 12:09 PM
Jayavardhan Uppalapati
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