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David Parker

I'd highly recommend PostgreSQL over MySQL, for a myriad of reasons, but namely because Oracle owns MySQL (and they historically haven't been the best netizen).

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Simon Barker

I think either is fine for getting started, the point it to learn SQL really 😀

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mJehanno

As an alternative to mysql you can still use mariadb ... same engine .... open-sourced (or at least not possessed by Oracle)