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Article #15838Re: The Minimum You Need to Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer
From: toby
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:05
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:05
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Dr. Dweeb wrote: > Well Arne, > > You clearly love MySQL. > > However, it is a toy database for toy applications - and explain > exactly how MySQL is *not* "any other ISAM file library". You should familiarise yourself with versions 4 and 5 of the server before go on. > > Until recently (and maybe still), one did not have to go far into the > manual to realise that the developers were totally clueless as to the > requirements of a database per se, and of a relational database in > particular. > > Faulty understanding of the issues involved led to fundamentally flawed > product. the fact that InnoBase even exists, is, well, proof by > existence, that the original and current MySQL is seroiusly flawed. MyISAM never claimed to be anything more than it was: fast, reliable, but not transactional. > > And I am sorry, the notion that dat integrity is the responsibility of > the application, as the developers of MySQL so fondly recounted in the > manuals says exactly everything you need to know about their level of > understanding of the theory, or for that matter, practice of databases > in general and relational databases in particular. > > If you want a glorified file system with a toy SQL on top if it for > non-critical applications - fine, use MySQL. I can conceive of few > applications with even the most limited data integrity and security > requirements that would be well served by MySQL. Perhaps wider applicability than you suspect: http://www.mysql.com/why-mysql/case-studies/ --Toby > > Dr. Dweeb
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