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Hemos
on from the talking-wtih-database-lords dept.
dlc writes, "Zend has an article about Michael "Monty" Widenius, of MySQL fame, which focuses mainly on the evolution of MySQL and its relationship with PHP. "
"MySQL" considered capitalistic
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Anonymous Coward
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The name "MySQL", which is clearly based on the concept of private ownership (as can be seen from the "My" part), is not acceptable for use in an Open Source environment. Such reactionary leanings are dangerous and can corrupt the minds of our youth.
In order to fix this problem, I recoment to Mr. Widenius et al to change the name to "OurSQL" or "ThePeople'sSQL". These new names will allow you to mesh better with the socialist Open Source Movement.
Thank you.
Re:"MySQL" considered capitalistic
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mutagen
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It's just like Windows. My Computer. My Documents. Mine, mine mine.
Not to mention that the forthcoming Windows Millenium Edition (it's win9x, not nt/win2000) is called Windows ME!
[First, my credentials: I'm an Oracle DBA by day and a MySQL developer on the side.]
In my experience, lack of transactions isn't a big deal in many cases, particularly for web-based applications. Much of the web is built around "stateless" sessions, so it's a good idea to open and close your database activities every time anyway. You can't very well leave an insert/update transaction hanging open while you wait for some web site visitor to hopefully click that "submit" button.
The other factor is that database updates happening on the web are user-oriented. This tends to decrease the likelihood of two people trying to update the same data. While I'm typing this, there are a thousand other people working on Slashdot postings at the same time, but the chances of us trying to update the same database record at the same time are, I would imagine, pretty slim.
There's no such thing as "rollback" on the web. In the cases where you need that kind of functionality, you can build it yourself without extreme effort.
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The name "MySQL", which is clearly based on the concept of private ownership (as can be seen from the "My" part), is not acceptable for use in an Open Source environment. Such reactionary leanings are dangerous and can corrupt the minds of our youth.
In order to fix this problem, I recoment to Mr. Widenius et al to change the name to "OurSQL" or "ThePeople'sSQL". These new names will allow you to mesh better with the socialist Open Source Movement.
Thank you.
[First, my credentials: I'm an Oracle DBA by day and a MySQL developer on the side.]
In my experience, lack of transactions isn't a big deal in many cases, particularly for web-based applications. Much of the web is built around "stateless" sessions, so it's a good idea to open and close your database activities every time anyway. You can't very well leave an insert/update transaction hanging open while you wait for some web site visitor to hopefully click that "submit" button.
The other factor is that database updates happening on the web are user-oriented. This tends to decrease the likelihood of two people trying to update the same data. While I'm typing this, there are a thousand other people working on Slashdot postings at the same time, but the chances of us trying to update the same database record at the same time are, I would imagine, pretty slim.
There's no such thing as "rollback" on the web. In the cases where you need that kind of functionality, you can build it yourself without extreme effort.