🚀 go-pugleaf

Apologies to COMP.OS.LINUX.ALPHA

I do apologise for posting the "ad" about Roland Hughes' new book (which we
only charge a CC processing fee for offering) on the C.O.L.A. newsgroup.

In future I will not post anything there, even if the deal IS too good to
refuse.

If you need to see good Alpha deals, try COMP.OS.VMS and COMP.SYS.DEC


Goo'bye C.O.L.A !



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"Christopher Browne" <cbbrowne@acm.org> wrote in message
news:87r74lc3dy.fsf@wolfe.cbbrowne.com...
> Oops! "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@NeOaSrPtAhMlNiOnWk.net> was seen
spray-painting on a wall:
> > Christopher Browne wrote:
> >>
> >> Clinging to sanity, "toby" <toby@telegraphics.com.au> mumbled into her
beard:
> >> > davidc@montagar.com wrote:
> >> >> >From the description, this looks like an excellent book for a new
> >> >> OpenVMS Programmer.  Thanks for the effort in putting this bok
together.
> >> >
> >> > It does look interesting. As a hobbyist I wish I could justify the
$90
> >> > - but coincidentally my day job is currently building MySQL
> >> > applications on other operating systems. It's fascinating that MySQL
> >> > has made it to VMS and is considered a useful component there (too) -
> >> > whether one approves of MySQL or not ;-)
> >>
> >> I have a hard time fathoming how MySQL would be of interest on a
> >> platform that has a full-fledged ISAM system, RMS, *built into the
> >> operating system*, but I suppose there are all types out there...
> >
> > Indexing and record-level retrieval is only part of the story. RDBMSs do
> > much more than RMS, including providing an API that tools such as
> > Datatrieve never had. All-in-1 came close, but is a terrible resource
> > hog.
> >
> > RMS lacks a data dictionary and a query language as well.
> >
> > (This from an old AIS, RSTS/E and VMS hand.)
>
> The thing is, MySQL is little more than a thin layering of a not
> terribly consistent SQL "processor" on top of something rather less
> mature than RMS...
> -- 
> wm(X,Y):-write(X),write('@'),write(Y). wm('cbbrowne','ntlug.org').
> http://linuxdatabases.info/info/postgresql.html
> Why  are  there  flotation   devices  under  plane  seats  instead  of
> parachutes?