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To go back to my original point, MySQL does not support ACID transactions, and the documentation at the MySQL supports this assertion.
"Knut Lassmann" <knut_at_mytoys.de> wrote in message
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> > MySQL is not a transactional database, so it doesn't even qualify for
TCP
> > benchmarks. A custom C to an ISAM file database is orders of magnitude
> > faster than Oracle, and much faster than MySQL, but it still doesn't
make it
> > a good choice.
>
> MySQL does nowadays support transactions. In earlier versions it
> wasn't but now it is a transactional database. You can read
>
http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/commented/manual.php?section=Missin
g_Transactions
> do get more info.
>
> Regards,
>
> Knut
>
> --
> Knut Talman myToys.de GmbH +49-30-72 62 01 411
Received on Fri Jan 05 2001 - 10:54:02 CST