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Major Changes To MySQL Coming Soon

Posted by timothy on from the whose-sql dept.

Meltr writes: "This ZDNET article details some of the coming changes to the MySQL database server. In 4.0, to be released in mid-October: 'support for the Unicode character set, the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol, embedded database links and multitable updates' and in 4.1, to be released in December: 'nested queries and stored procedures'."

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  1. Re:More vapourware by mosch · · Score: 3, Flamebait
    A man that speaks the TRUTH! MySQL is a toy, no referential integrity, no CHECK constraints, no stored procedures. It's fast, but so is a JATO rocket attached to a bicycle. Only a fool would use MySQL for something where the data actually matters.

    For a good example of MySQL's performance under load, look at crash^Wslashdot, which probably averages two crashes a day or so, with 5 or 10 minutes down for each crash. As a man much smarter than me has said, slashdot does a wonderful job evangalizing Microsoft products.