Oracle Database vs MySQL Database

In this Oracle tutorial, we will strike the difference between oracle database vs MySQL database. Also, we will cover these topics.

Oracle Database vs MySQL vs SQL Server
Oracle Database vs MySQL Database
Oracle Database vs MySQL Performance
Oracle Database Express Edition vs MySQL
Oracle Schema vs MySQL Database

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Oracle Database vs MySQL vs SQL Server

In this section, we will see the difference between oracle vs MySQL vs SQL Server. All three are popular databases and serve most of the organizations that we deal with every day.

Basis	Oracle	Microsoft SQL Server	MySQL
Definition	Oracle Database is a relational Database Management System (RDBMS) from Oracle Corporation.	Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) with some advance features for transaction processing, business intelligent, etc.	MySQL is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) with a client-server model
Operating System	Works on all the operating systems & containers (Windows, Linux, Solaris, Oracle Linux, MacOS, Docker, etc)	Major support is for windows operating system but now it is available for Linux and containerizing software like Docker.	Works on all the popular operating systems & containerizing software (Docker Windows, Linux MacOS)
Complexity for new users	Oracle architecture is complex for new users especially for Linux users. Most of the commands are different from sql and MySQL.	The GUI support makes it less complex and the commands are similar to MySQL with creates familiarity for new users.	It is easy to install and work upon. New users are recommended to start with version 5. Commands are easy and catchy.
Security	It has complex commands and architecture which makes it secure.	It has Microsoft security. It is secure but has the pattern of other database languages.	MySQL is open source which means anyone can contribute to the source code. Though MySQL has a skillful community to keep a check on a bug the possibility makes it less secure when compared to oracle and MS sql server.
Database handling	Oracle is capable of handling and managing giant data effectively and efficiently without any security comptonization.	Microsoft SQL Server is capable of handling massive data but it is not as fast and secure as oracle is.	MySQL is mainly used for web based transactions. It has proven it’s efficiency in handling large data but is prone to sql injections as well. Developer has to write the code to secure these loopholes.
First Release	1980	1989	1995
Website	Database Services \| Ora c le	SQL Server Downloads \| Microsoft	MySQL :: MySQL Downloads
Owned by	Oracle	Microsoft	Oracle
License	Commercial	Commercial	Free and Open source
Latest release	Oracle 21 c (beta) Oracle 19c (stable + long-term support)	SQL Server 2019 Express SQL Server 2019 Developer	MySQL 8.0

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Oracle Database vs MySQL Database

In this section, we will see the oracle database vs MySQL database. Both the databases are owned by oracle.

Basis	Oracle	MySQL
Definition	Oracle Database is a relational Database Management System (RDBMS) from Oracle Corporation.	MySQL is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) with client-server model
Performance	Oracle is capable of handling data of all sizes. It has a reputation of providing good performance even on huge data.	MySQL is capable of handling data efficiently to some limits. You cannot expect good performance with huge data in MySQL.
License	Commercial and partially free	completely free and open source
Target Audience	Oracle is developed keeping businesses in mind. It solves the business need of storing, retrieving data efficiently & securely.	MySQL is good for individuals and small firms. Large firms will have performance and security issues with this open-source database software.
Locking	Oracle supports both table & row locking	MySQL supports only table locking.
Partition support	Oracle supports data partitioning	MySQL does not support data partitions.

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Oracle Database vs MySQL Performance

In this section, we will see the oracle database vs MySQL performance. All the differences are based upon the performance of the oracle and mysql database.

Basis	Oracle Database	MySQL Database
Performance	Oracle database provides better performance than MySQL even on huge data.	MySQL gives good performance only on small data. when we say small data we mean data in megabytes.
	Oracle supports data partitioning. This feature helps in help retrieval of data which ultimately improves the performance.	MySQL does not support data partitioning.

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Oracle Database Express Edition vs MySQL

In this section, we will see the difference between the oracle database express edition and MySQL.

Oracle database express edition is the free version of oracle database provided to learners, students and small organizations to get the taste of oracle database.
Oracle Express Edition has limited features in comparison to the oracle standard edition. But is sufficient enough to perform beginner and intermediate level tasks.
MySQL is an open-source free software that is owned by oracle corporation now.
MySQL’s source code is available to general public any one can propose a modification. Here is the link for MySQL’s Source Code in case you want to try it.

Oracle Schema vs MySQL Database

In this section, we will see the difference between the oracle schema and MySQL database.

Oracle and MySQL database has different ways of creating schema.
Schema describes the structure or view of the database. In simple words, schema holds the table created in the database and helps in maintaining the category.
Suppose you have three folders Employees, Admin and City and database is stored in side these folders. These folders will be treated as schema of the any database.
MySQL and Oracle databases have different ways of creating the schema.
Here is the syntax for creating schema in MySQL database:

CREATE {DATABASE | SCHEMA} [IF NOT EXISTS] db_name
    [create_specification]

create_specification:
    [DEFAULT] CHARACTER SET [=] charset_name
  | [DEFAULT] COLLATE [=] collation_name

Here is the syntax for creating schema in Oracle database:

CREATE SCHEMA AUTHORIZATION schema
   { create_table_statement
   | create_view_statement
   | grant_statement
   }...;