Web Hosting and Database

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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. SQL is a standard computer language for accessing and manipulating databases.

Some most popular database software for database-driven web sites are: Microsoft's SQL Server, Oracle, Microsoft Access, MySQL.

Microsoft Access is not well suited for very high-traffic, and not as powerful as Oracle or SQL Server. For database-driven web sites with high traffic Microsoft's SQL Server and Oracle are recommended. Microsoft Access is a very popular option in a case web site requires a simple database solution.

Forums, calendars and other items use databases to function. If you plan on having multiple of these solutions on a server be sure that the plan you sign up for provides a sufficient number of databases.