Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) is a full-featured relational database management system (RDBMS), available as a database option with every Gossimer Windows Web Hosting package.
MS SQL is very robust, powerful and scalable and is capable of storing very high volumes of data. It also offers database transaction feature and a variety of administrative tools to ease the burdens of database development, maintenance and administration. It is the ideal database for web applications written in ASP, ASP.Net.
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MySQL is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL), the most popular language for adding, accessing, and processing data in a database. By relational database management system, it means that it stores data in separate tables rather than putting all the data in one big area. This adds flexibility, as well as speed.
The MySQL database server is the most popular open source database in the world. It is extremely fast and easy to customize, due to its architecture. Extensive reuse of code within the software, along with a minimalist approach to producing features with lots of functionality, gives MySQL great speed, compactness, stability, and ease of deployment. Its setup is such that it is possible to run with very strict control, or with ultra fast disk access, whichever is more appropriate for the situation. Because it is open source, anyone can download MySQL and tailor it to their needs in accordance with the general public license.
MySQL is thus noted mainly for its speed, reliability, and flexibility. Most agree, however, that it works best when managing content and not executing transactions.
For more information about MySQL, refer to http://www.mysql.com.
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