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From: Tom <tom@sdf.com>
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Subject: which database?  msql vs mysql
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  I need a multiuser database for some smallish (tables up to 100,000
entries, but most much smaller).  I don't require complex query
operations, so both msql and mysql will do what I want.  But which is more
reliable?  I can't be having the server process die or core dump.  mysql
uses the threads, which seems to be kind of slippery slope these days.

  (BTW, I'm not afraid of paying for msql)

Tom