Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:14:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Sherrod <ixkatl@yahoo.com> To: Jeff Eckermann <jeckermann@verio.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Oracle, Message-ID: <20010510031456.82964.qmail@web10001.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <08CD1781F85AD4118E0800A0C9B8580B094A75@NEZU>
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Question: Am I stupid enough to dive into a potential flame war? Answer: Apparently so. Just to correct the statement about MySQL not being of production grade... My current employer uses both Oracle and MySQL on our backend. Yes, MySQL lacks some of the features (transaction logging, transaction control, row level locking, 4th gen. language interface, adequate documentation of C interface, etc) but in cases where those features are not needed it is robust enough, and fast enough, to compete quite well with the bigger and more feature-filled databases. And, before I get bashed repeatedly, I know this is not the best forum for this. I just had to point out an apparent misperception. ags --- Jeff Eckermann <jeckermann@verio.net> wrote: > The recently-released PostgreSQL version 7.1 (in > current ports) is a big > advance over previous versions. And it is as close > to SQL standard > compliance as about any other serious RDBMS. > Definitely worth checking out. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roelof Osinga [SMTP:roelof@eboa.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 4:36 PM > > To: JL > > Cc: cornwall@intelos.net; > freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: LRe: Oracle, > > > > JL wrote: > > > > > > If you want a reliable and stable SQL server, > MySQL runs without linux > > emu > > > and fits that bill. My FreeBSD server is the > official MySQL development > > > server for FreeBSD (It's nice having MySQL > developers who are also > > admins on > > > my production box). > > > > Not that this is the right list for this, but. > > > > For production usage you cannot compare Oracle > with MySQL. There are > > alternatives to Oracle, even free ones like > Interbase (or Firebird as > > it's now called but which doesn't install :() and > possibly PostgreSQL. > > > > Those have transaction control (both by way of a > versioning engine) and > > several more goodies which are needed in a > production environment. Like > > stored procedures and triggers. > > > > They come close to Oracle. Especially > Interbase/Firebird due to it > > being plain SQL instead of OO SQL. Yet even they > lack several of the > > tuning needed for truly large production systems > (terabytes and such). > > > > MySQL is a very good DBMS for what it does. But it > has severe limits. > > > > Roelof > > > > -- > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > eBOAź > est. 1982 > > http://eBOA.com/ > tel. +31-58-2123014 > > mailto:info@eBOA.com?subject=Information_request > fax. +31-58-2160293 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of > the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message ===== 'During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.' - Al Gore, March 9, 1999: On CNN's Late Edition __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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