Yes, that's exactly what I meant.
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The transition to oracle from mysql is a great deal
more complicated than the inverse. I am hoping that is
what you meant :}
- "Weaver, Walt" <wweaver_at_rightnow.com> wrote:
> We use both here, use'em as back-end databases for
> our hosted web sites.
>
> MySQL is fast, easy to set up and maintain, and
> free. Works great for our
> small and medium-sized web sites. But, it doesn't
> scale as well as Oracle
> and we've had better luck using Oracle with our
> large, active sites. MySQL
> with MyISAM table types has table-level locking
> only, and a large number of
> concurrent selects can slow things down
> tremendously.
>
> IMHO, maintaining a MySQL database is more of a
> SysAdmin job than a DBA job,
> and I don't think you'll have much of a problem with
> the transition.
>
> We recently finished up some benchmarking, using
> Oracle and MySQL with
> MyISAM and InnoDB table types. I can send you the
> test report if you'd like.
>
> I personally think MySQL has a bright future, and
> when 4.1 comes out (not
> expected for a year or so) it could start making a
> real dent in the database
> market. It has certainly helped us here; we've been
> able to keep our Oracle
> licensing costs to a minimum by using MySQL for the
> majority of our sites.
>
> If you'd like more information, Joe, email me
> directly.
>
> --Walt Weaver
> Bozeman, Montana
>
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> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 8:39 AM
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>
>
> Anyone on the list done a comparison(or worked with
> both) MySQL and
> Oracle and can give me the good/bad points of My
> SQL?
>
> Doing interviewer thing and someone has My SQL who
> would like to move
> into the oracle world and i know nothing about mySQL
> and am wondering if
> the transition from one to the other is easily done.
>
> thanks, joe
>
>
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