Re: MySQL 4

From: Dave Hau <davehau_nospam_123_at_nospam_netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 00:41:47 GMT
Message-ID: <3F31A048.4020709@nospam_netscape.net>

Noons wrote:
> "NorwoodThree" <norwoodthree_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:ba03e2c.0308052222.234905d_at_posting.google.com...
>

>>Still no support for:
>>
>>Foreign keys
>>triggers
>>procedures
>>
>>Yup.  This is an Oracle killer all right.  Yawn.

>
>
> Don't tell that to my old "system architect":
> he's absolutely convinced the military are gonna put
> their critical operational databases in mysql, sooner
> or later. Anything, in is opinion, provided it's not Oracle.
>
> You know why? Because he was told it would cost him
> an arm and a leg to get a copy of Oracle to play with
> in his home PC. I've now given him a copy of my 9ir2
> install and docos, just to shut him up. This guy is
> bad news...
>
> And if Oracle decides to sue me for that, they can go
> shove their product up their derrieres!

Getting a license for Oracle server enterprise edition does cost an arm and a leg though. ;-)

• Dave

>
> --
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam
>
>
Received on Wed Aug 06 2003 - 19:41:47 CDT