Website Database

MS SQL Server or Oracle is used for high-traffic database-driven websites.

MySQL is used for low-cost database access.

MS Access is used for low-traffic websites.

Website Database

If your website needs to update large amounts of information via the web, then you need a database to store the information.

There are many types of database systems available for website hosting. The most common ones are MS Access, MySQL, SQL Server, and Oracle.

Using SQL Language

SQL is a language used to access databases.

If you want your website to have the ability to store or retrieve data in a database, then your web server needs to have access to the database system using SQL language.

If you want to learn more about SQL, please visit our SQL Tutorial.

SQL Server

Microsoft's SQL Server is one of the most popular database software for high-traffic database-driven websites.

SQL Server is a very powerful, robust, and feature-rich SQL database system.

Oracle

Oracle is also a very popular database software for high-traffic database-driven websites.

Oracle is a very powerful, robust, and feature-rich SQL database system.

MySQL

MySQL is also a popular website database software.

MySQL is a very powerful and complete SQL database system.

MySQL is a cost-effective alternative to expensive Microsoft and Oracle solutions.

If you want to learn more about MySQL, please visit our MySQL Tutorial.

Access

If your website requires a simple database solution, Microsoft's Access should be a popular option.

Access is not suitable for high-traffic websites and is not as powerful as Oracle or SQL Server.