From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Mon Apr 4 16:59:47 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j34LxlFZ018950 for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 16:59:47 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j34Lxjem018941 for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 16:59:46 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id CCC8790912; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 15:57:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06598-09; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 15:57:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 516AF90681; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 15:57:42 -0500 (EST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=gvVaQul6VPK7JBPnxSo5TwlujKOGekofF07L1AggafUpoZ6durUCuomQ2UOh/Ua6jRqIc/wKTGeAXP2dLlImD62eLG21t3lDDXSwL8VpandOaDDkGDeJaT7khoLAy+tqm04gdJP7dHrtOI/pE6/tJp5X+YAxdBF04HVhZKDAHco= Message-ID: <687bf9c40504041355578fd1c9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 21:55:48 +0100 From: stephen booth To: thump@cosmiccooler.org Subject: Re: mysql Cc: oracle-l@freelists.org In-Reply-To: <687bf9c40504041154153bc9bb@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: <4D575BC43F.0A2805FCTFSEIZWB@greenshield.ca> <1296.64.37.153.21.1112638277.squirrel@www.cosmiccooler.org> <687bf9c40504041154153bc9bb@mail.gmail.com> X-archive-position: 18021 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: stephenbooth.uk@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: stephenbooth.uk@gmail.com X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Level: Nearly forgot another one. MySQL doesn't even try to be ANSI compliant in data types. Porting apps to or from it can be nightmarish, especially porting from where the original developer was kazy and just set all non-key text fields to MEMO (similar to a LONG in Oracle). Stephen -- It's better to ask a silly question than to make a silly assumption. -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l