Order of learning JavaScript, XML & SQL

Discussion in 'JavaScript' started by electron, Jun 23, 2007.

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    I am planning to learn the three languages JavaScript, XML & SQL.
    Please Suggest me in what order should i learn them.
    Also, what are the Software requirements for SQL ?
    I generally write my Code in Visual studio, do i need to get something else for SQL?
    Ans lastly, are SQL & MySql different?

    Thanks for taking time out :)
     
    electron, Jun 23, 2007 IP
  2. Mike H.

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    A friend uses Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to write code in ASP.NET, C#, and SQL. It's my understanding that SQL Server 2005 can be dowloaded for free, in a "starter" version, from microsoft.com.

    I would learn SQL, XML and JavaScript in that order.

    SQL and MySQL are different. MySQL works exclusively with PHP, another server languge. .NET is also a server language. The query syntax for SQL and MySQL are virtually the same, however.

    A server cannot run both PHP/MySQL and .NET, it's one or the other.
     
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  3. electron

    electron Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the info :)
    I had all plans of doing it in the reverse order :D
     
    electron, Jun 23, 2007 IP
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    Javascript and Mysql can be learnt together.
     
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  5. UnrealEd

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    SQL and MySQL are different, but not because MySQL only works exclusively with php (which isn't true), but because SQL is not a server, but a language. SQL stands for Structurized Query Language. MySQL is a server that uses SQL to comunicate with other scripts.
    MySQL works with everything, as long as the language has support for it. I think it works with almost any language: ASP, PHP, Python, Java,...

    don't you mean can't. Javascript hasn't got the capabilities to connect to a database. Whenever you need access to a database for a javascript script, you need to use AJAX to comunicate with a serversided language that will grab the content from the database
     
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    i would learn xml first to understand elements and dom. then sql and javascript.
     
    b. J., Jun 23, 2007 IP