noob trying to set up "web service"

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Hi.
Here's what I have so far...

...a desktop with app inventor android emulator installed and working,
...an external server with writing and admin privilege,
...a web domain name,
...filezilla to connect to and write to the server.

I wish to set up a web service similar to the ubiquitous
"stock quote" app, where the android loads a stock symbol
to some server and is returned a current stock value from the server.

As you can see, I haven't gotten a database on the server yet,
which is where I think I need guidance.

Is it logical to assume that next step is to to install either
mySQL or sqLite to install a database on the server?

Is sql for reading, writing, editing, maintaining,
or whatever on the server database?

For now I am presuming it's for writing a database, and
so I was wondering if I should install sqLite or MySQL.

Posted 8-Aug-14 16:52pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2014-08-08T17:39:00

Next step really depends on what you want to achieve; and you did not tell us much about it. If you need a database… well, you need it. You assumptions on what SQL is for are a bit naive, but you can just read about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL[^],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database_management_system[^],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_model[^].

As to MySQL or SQLite, you are basically right, using them in Web development is very typical. Again, it all depends on what you want to achieve. You can review these lists:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_relational_database_management_systems[^],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_object_database_management_systems[^].

—SA