title: SQL Server Express vs MS Access
body: <p>A colleague I work with recently told me that SQL Express and MS Access were essentially the same thing; that does not seem to be an accurate statement.  I know you can convert Access to a SQL DB and maybe under the covers they are similar, but I would assume that the SQL DB engine and what is used to run access are not the same.  Not only that, but the SQL statement syntax, etc. I know are not the same.</p>
  
  <p>I am mainly trying to understand so that I am more informed about the versions.</p>