Sequel???
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I think the person who told you about it was referring to SQL (structured query language), which is really a database interaction language, and not the database engine itself. The most popular SQL-based database being used with PHP is called MySQL, and you shouldn't have trouble find a host that supports it.
Interesting. Over here in Silicon Valley land, the convention is almost the opposite. Microsoft's SQL engine is commonly known as "see-kwel" server, while MySQL is often spoken as "My ess-cue-el". Go figure!When someone talks about a sequel server he's probably referring to a ms-sql server (in my experience).
When someone talks about a es-kjoe-el server he's probably referring to a mysql server.
To cturner: No doubt this is confusing, but as aaronhall explained, the query language that is used by nearly all of today's database engines is Structured Query Language (SQL), which is sometimes pronounced "see-kwel" (sounds like "sequel") and sometimes pronounced like the 3 letters: "ess-cue-el". But that's the language used to manipulate the database, not the database itself. There are dozens (or more) database programs ("engines"), including several that incorporate the letters SQL in their names, like Microsoft's SQL Server and the open source (free!) MySQL.
Web host servers will normally be all-Microsoft installations or Linux-based installations. If a web host is a Microsoft shop, their web server will usually be IIS, their database engine will be MS-SQL, and their scripting language will be ASP or .NET, using VBScript, usually. If the web host is a Linux shop, their web server will almost certainly be Apache, their database engine will be MySQL or Postgres or both, and their scripting languages will be PHP and Perl. It's possible for Microsoft shops to support MySQL and it's possible for Linux shops to add ASP extensions to their server, but my experience is that most don't want to bother with that.
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fractalvibes
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But - some people in the M$ just refer to an SQL database as Ess Cue Ell with the slightly presumptous attititude that, of course, you are using M$ SQL Server!
I just kindly remind them that I am using DB2, & that folks use a wide range of RDBMS, not just Sql Server...
SQL is indeed just the language you use to talk to the database. You will see the term also RDBMS which means Relational Database Managment Software. Some examples of that might include:
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Oracle
Sybase
DB2
SQL Server
Access (for desktop apps only!)
You'll probably find more hosting solutions that are Apache servers with PHP scripting language supported and MySQL databases supported. Some place Like brinkster has inexpensive hosting for IIS web server / ASP/ASP.NET/MS SQL Server.
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I just kindly remind them that I am using DB2, & that folks use a wide range of RDBMS, not just Sql Server...
SQL is indeed just the language you use to talk to the database. You will see the term also RDBMS which means Relational Database Managment Software. Some examples of that might include:
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Oracle
Sybase
DB2
SQL Server
Access (for desktop apps only!)
You'll probably find more hosting solutions that are Apache servers with PHP scripting language supported and MySQL databases supported. Some place Like brinkster has inexpensive hosting for IIS web server / ASP/ASP.NET/MS SQL Server.
fv
califdon wrote:Interesting. Over here in Silicon Valley land, the convention is almost the opposite. Microsoft's SQL engine is commonly known as "see-kwel" server, while MySQL is often spoken as "My ess-cue-el". Go figure!When someone talks about a sequel server he's probably referring to a ms-sql server (in my experience).
When someone talks about a es-kjoe-el server he's probably referring to a mysql server.![]()
I wouldn't pronounce es-kjoe-el by spelling out S,Q,L. That and I've never heard anybody refer to mySQL without the my in front. I've heard "My S,Q,L" and "My Sequel". "Sequel Server" and "S,Q,L Server" for MS SQL Server, and "Postgres", "Postgreskel", and "Postgres Q,L"... But I'm East Coast...volka wrote:califdon wrote:Interesting. Over here in Silicon Valley land, the convention is almost the opposite. Microsoft's SQL engine is commonly known as "see-kwel" server, while MySQL is often spoken as "My ess-cue-el". Go figure!When someone talks about a sequel server he's probably referring to a ms-sql server (in my experience).
When someone talks about a es-kjoe-el server he's probably referring to a mysql server.![]()
That's what timvw wrote.