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on from the lock-yer-rows-gentlemen dept.
egerlach writes "All you DB admins out there might be interested to know that MySQL 4.0 has finally been released! It's only 4.0.0 alpha, but you can download it here. You can also check out a full list of changes."
I don't think any of the features you list are a must have for "mission critical." Maybe if you only now how to implment database functionality with those functions... but that's like saying a programming language is worthless becuase it doesn't have a tertiary operator. Maybe a developer who only knows how to program with that operator will become useless on the new language, but someone who LEARNS TO ADAPT will thrive.
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I don't think any of the features you list are a must have for "mission critical." Maybe if you only now how to implment database functionality with those functions... but that's like saying a programming language is worthless becuase it doesn't have a tertiary operator. Maybe a developer who only knows how to program with that operator will become useless on the new language, but someone who LEARNS TO ADAPT will thrive.
Transactions: I seem to find transaction support
SubSelects: You don't need to do these, it can be worked around pretty easily.
Foreign Keys: Again, many simple workarounds.
Views: Good ridance. A maintenance nightmare.
If everyone just keeps doing everything the same, we're gonna end up with a lot of budweiser.
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