Re: MySQL 4

Maximus wrote:

> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3F32AE33.2AA0420_at_exxesolutions.com...
> > Maximus wrote:
> >
> > > "Noons" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> > > news:3f3239c9$3$10356$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> > > > "Maximus" <qweqwe_at_qwqwewq.com> wrote in message
> > > news:fznYa.646346$ro6.13862150_at_news2.calgary.shaw.ca...
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > MySQL is fast and simple, sometimes you just don't need all that
> fluff
> > > that
> > > > > comes with Oracle.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > and comes with just about ANY other database that claims
> > > > to be relational?
> > > >
> > > > BTW: fks, triggers and procedures are "fluff"?
> > > > I've got a suggestion: if you don't want "fluff"
> > > > like that, try using DBASE4. It should be real
> > > > cheap now. And it will be "fast and simple".
> > > > Should beat the crap out of mysql nowadays,
> > > > with a good P4 processor.
> > >
> > > Of course all of that fluff is handy, but as I said, sometimes you just
> > > don't need it. I utilize both, where cost is a factor I use MySQL,
> where it
> > > isn't I use Oracle. If you're on the green, use a putter, if you're on
> the
> > > tee, use a driver
> >
> > Sometimes you don't need relational integrity either I presume.

>

And will that enforce a constraint such as 'a date of birth can not be in the future' ?

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