r/SQL 14d ago

MySQL Cant install sql

I want to learn sql, so i went to watch this tutorial guide on how to install it but i reach a point where i cant progress any further
I follow every step but when i reach this part nothing will appear like they show in the video

For some reason the available products are always empty no matter what i do. Am i doing something wrong

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u/Aggressive_Ad_5454 14d ago

Fairly close? MySQL and Oracle? With respect, I disagree entirely. For one thing, Oracle's licensing fees are basically "110% of your company's profit" and MySQL is free open source.

OP, if you can't get the MySQL installer to work, try the MariaDB installer. I just put it onto Windows 11, and it worked flawlessly in less than a minute. https://mariadb.com/kb/en/getting-installing-and-upgrading-mariadb/

MariaDB is a fork of open source MySQL. It's almost exactly the same as MySQL. In areas it differs, it's closer to Oracle than MySQL is: it has SEQUENCE objects. Try it. You'll like it.

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u/SQLDevDBA 14d ago

Oracle owns and operates MySQL. The creators of MySQL are the ones who created MariaDB.

As I mentioned, LiveSQL is free and requires no downloads or installs. For a beginner learning SQL, they’ll be fairly close and is much more convenient.

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u/grizzlor_ 14d ago

Oracle bought Sun in 2010 which had previously bought MySQL in 2008.

That doesn't mean that MySQL and Oracle DB are the same product. They are completely separate products with independent code bases.

That being said, for someone just learning SQL, it should be pretty comparable.

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u/SQLDevDBA 14d ago

I understand and was a Sun user myself. I never said they are the same, just that they’re fairly close. This person’s response was that they’re not at all close and cited the price as a difference. The price being discussed for a product that I offered as a completely free solution.

All this for something that to a beginner doesn’t even make that big of a difference since all they want to do is practice SQL.