Ralph Slate — Wed, 19 Jul 2000 02:15:27 +0000

I would concur for the most part. However, remember that you are trading a few things away by using mySQL:

1) No rollbacks/commits. So you don't have transactional integrity.

2) Physical data protection. Compared to Oracle, which has lots of safeguards, mySQL is very lightweight in this manner.

3) Referential integrity.

You may not need all that, but if someone asks you how safe and secure your database is, it's no more safe and secure than if it was in Microsoft Access. Which isn't necessarily bad -- I love mySQL. But just remember, don't rely on it for mission-critical data that you can't stand to have corrupted or lost, because there is a *slight* chance it could happen.

Ralph

anti — Tue, 18 Jul 2000 10:29:24 +0000

mysql

And I'll even tell you why.
It's free.
It has loads of documentation.
There are hundreds of applications (including source code) you can use as examples.
It's fast. (Only DB2 is faster, but that's a bit expensive)
It handles gigantic DBs.
It's available on (almost) every platform.

And no I don't get paid for this

ciao
Anti