It's no secret that even though MySQL has been a Microsoft partner, it also is a Microsoft competitor. And ever since Oracle made overtures to buy Sun and (get MySQL in the process), Microsoft's been ...

Oracle is making a fresh run at Microsoft’s SQL Server, claiming on Tuesday that its open-source MySQL database offers up to 90% cost savings over SQL Server along with blazing performance on Windows.

Microsoft fired another salvo in the database wars by announcing a new toolkit to help users migrate their databases from MySQL to SQL Server -- or SQL Azure, the new cloud offering. In a Data ...

On August 12, Microsoft made available the first version of a tool designed to help customers migrate from MySQL to SQL Server and/or SQL Azure. Microsoft made available a first technology preview of ...

Microsoft’s January 2026 Azure Database for MySQL update delivers security patches and reliability fixes, with no new features added.

SQL stands for Structured Query Language. It’s a standard language for accessing and manipulating databases. MySQL is a database management system, like SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, Postgres, etc.

I am tasked with figuring out a solution to this... I have a DB server running SQL 2008. I need to on a regular basis export a single table and then copy that table into a MySQL DB running on our ...