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Posted by Arturo Espinoza
Arturo Espinoza
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What Database System (DMS) does Treehouse have to teach?

Does Treehouse teach MySQL or SQL. Is one better than the other?

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James Anwyl
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James Anwyl
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SQL is a language, MySQL is a database management system that uses the SQL language. Other systems that use the SQL language include SQLite and SQL Server.

See What is the difference between SQL and MySQL on stack overflow.

In the majority of courses that I've seen on Treehouse, MySQL is used. But I've seen SQLite used as well.

Some examples:

Database Foundations - MySQL

Using PHP with MySQL - MySQL

PHP databases with PDO - SQLite

Hope this helps :)

Arturo Espinoza
Arturo Espinoza
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This was very helpful thanks :)