SQL Server or mySQL?

I have a friend who is a SQL Server DB guy. I also know that mySQL is popular and free.

Which way should I go? Performance doesn't seem to be too big of a concern for some of the small ideas I have.

Toodles,
Alexa

I don't understand what you're trying to say. Do you mean...whether you should learn mysql or let that guy do the job for you?

I don't know much about SQL server but Mysql is free and very popular, I would go with that Should suit all your needs.

SQL Server is heavier and costs money and requires a windows OS on your server... mySQL is free and usable on Linux...

MySQL is better... it's more commonly used...

better - no, commonly used - in public web servers.

Well... look at it this way, if people want some work done, they are more likely to ask it done in MySQL because it's more widely known and they don't have to come back to you to get any changes done... theres more option of who knows MySQL than SQL Server

only true for freelancers. As a professional programer I must tell you your mistaken. have come accross many more companies (I'm talking big buisness) which use Oracle\MySQL in their website's backends than MySQL.

The reason for this being MySQL is OpenSource so it has less support and is seen as less secure (since any hacker can see the code it runs on. this offcourse isn't accurate, since OpenSource projects are ususally more secure, because more people have had their eye on it and found it's flaws, but big companies preffer "security by obscurity")

Plus MySQL misses many features such as subselect and such things that are needed in proper software

Edit: Silly me, MySQL supports SubSelects now, dosn't it?

most websoftwares use mySQL

thats just not true... I work with huge companies and none of them trust MySQL enough. They all use SQLServer or Oracle... I'm talking HP, Comverse, Militery etc.