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Re: Schema vs Database, what is the difference?
Posted by: Rasheed Mosan
Date: November 28, 2025 01:55PM

In MySQL, “database” and “schema” mean the same thing and can be used interchangeably. Other DBMSs, like Oracle, treat them differently, with a schema being a logical subset within a database.

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