Re: comparing Oracle and mysql

"David Pomphrey" <High.Flight_at_btinternet.com> wrote in message news:3A61BB56.3780_at_btinternet.com...
> I think you just fell victim to a practial joke - or in other words, a
> usenet troll.

Sorry, you are wrong! I wasn't trolling at all, mine is a real problem!

Since I have absolutely no experience with MySQL I've done some surfing trying to find the most relevant missing features in MySQL. Here is what I've found and consider important

• foreign keys
• sub selects
• bind variables
• atomic transactions
• online backup
• native java support (not relevant in my case, sorry Sybrand Bakker)

More difficult to evaluate is speed. Apparently MySQL's main feature is speed but is seems to degrade quite quickly as load increases (info found on Postgres mailing list). This make me wonder about the headline on MySQL website stating that "NASA switches from Oracle to MySQL" (small budget maybe? 8-))

Last consideration is that security is lacking and many vulnerability spots have
been found in MySQL code.

Anybody care to through in some more limitations?

TIA /PG Received on Mon Jan 15 2001 - 12:44:12 CST