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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'."

3 of 301 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Mysql is ace by DNAGuy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but MySQL doesn't have the paperclip, does it? Nuff said. :)

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  2. Ahhh...a MySQL post.... by bozone · · Score: 4, Funny
    1. Search Slashdot for old articles on MySQL
    2. Set filter to 3
    3. Cut'n Paste a rant about MSSQL/Oracle/DB2/PostgresQL being superior
    4. Cut'n Paste a list of features that MySQL needs to be a real RDBMS
    5. Make it known to the world that I will never use MySQL until it has the above features
    6. Watch my karma grow
    ...my work here is done...
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  3. Re:The best opensource DBMS/R is here ... by 21mhz · · Score: 4, Funny
    IMHO more powerfull approach is three-tear architecture

    Ah, these freudian slips...

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