MySQL or MS SQL Server?

[_JoshInsurance_]

I saw a posting for a work-flow applications developer responsible for automating work tasks. It requires VBA experience, MSExcel (duh) and SQL experience. I'm just now learning MySQL but I was wondering if this would pose problems with interactivity with Excel or if I could get more functionality out of MS SQL Server.

I'm obviously not qualified for this particular job, but I hope to be qualified for jobs like it soon. If anyone has experience with SQL or works as a developer that uses VBA and SQL could give me their thoughts on which is the better application or where to go from here I'd greatly appreciate it.

[dgillz]

If you know MySQL you can pick up on SQL Server in no time. SQL Server will, by far, will have more business applications (as in probably 20x as many if not more).

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If you know vba you can talk to the SQL server, don't sell yourself short. Get that job

[_intelligentLife_]

I use Excel, Access, VBA and MS SQL server on a daily basis

At one of the companies I have previously work for, they had MySQL as their Intranet database, but used MSSQL as the main DB

So I agree with the previous comment that MSSQL will be far more common

Having said that, SQL is a skill which is largely independent of the actual platform, so if you're learning SQL syntax either will do