# Not Sure if right forum...MySQL or Access? **URL:** \ **Category:** programming\ **Created:** [November 28, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-sure-if-right-forum-mysql-or-access/8770 "2002-11-28T02:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![odeathoflife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ec8ea/32.png) [@odeathoflife](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/odeathoflife)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-sure-if-right-forum-mysql-or-access/8770/1 "2002-11-28T02:35:17Z")
Hey I just picked up a Copy of Cold Fusion 4 from my boss and he would like me to create a data base for a site, with 6 fields, nothing I cannto do as I have experience in MS Access, but he wants it to be using MySQL. Is there much difference in using these two or is it more of a preference thing. I got the MySQL training discs from [3dBuzz.com](http://3dBuzz.com) and have gone through the basics of MySQL, it seemed to take a heck of a lot longer to make a table through that then it would in Access. Which one is easier to use with ColdFusion and Flash/Dreamweaver? Thanks for the help people. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-sure-if-right-forum-mysql-or-access/8770/2 "2002-11-29T07:18:19Z")
Ive never used Access, but MySQL is really easy to use and is quite powerful. Companies like Yahoo! are moving from thier properitory C++/SQL sites, to PHP/mySQL and if your having trouble doing it, all you have to do is get your data through a regular html form and insert it using something like: ```php MYSQL_QUERY("INSERT INTO table_name VALUES ('$field1','$field2','$field3','$field4','$field5','$field6'"); ```