SQL Server or Oracle for high traffic database-driven web sites.

Access or MySQL for low traffics database-access.

Web Databases

If your web site needs to update large quantities of information via the web, you will need a database to store your information.

There are many different database systems available for web hosting. The most common are MS Access, MySQL, SQL Server, and Oracle.

Using the SQL Language

SQL is the language for accessing databases.

If you want your web site to be able to store and retrieve data from a database, your web server should have access to a database-system that uses the 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 database-driven web sites with high traffic.

SQL Server is a very powerful, robust and full featured SQL database system.

Oracle

Oracle is also a very popular database software for database-driven web sites with high traffic.

Oracle is a very powerful, robust and full featured SQL database system.

Access

When a web site requires a simple database solution, Microsoft Access is a very popular option.

Access is not well suited for very high-traffic, and not as powerful as Oracle or SQL Server.

MySQL

MySQL is also a popular database software for web sites.

MySQL is an inexpensive alternative to the expensive Microsoft and Oracle solutions.