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MySQL 4 - Is it Stable?

Posted by Cliff on from the RDBMS-assessments dept.

Shaklee3 asks: "I have been running version 3 of MySQL on the company's website for quite a while now. We recently ran into a problem where we needed the new features of version 4 that uses the UNION clause. We are running FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE and Apache 1.3.26. I know they reccomend not using it in a production environment yet, but from what I hear it is already being used on a few major websites. Does anyone have experience with version 4, and is it stable enough to run on a high traffic site?" If you feel MySQL isn't ready for prime-time, where specifically do you feel it needs improvement?

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  1. This is just a rumor... by jsonmez · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is just a rumor but I heard that this one guy, well he ran MYSQL4 and his arm blew off. I mean the whole thing, I am talking fingers and hands and everything.

    1. Re:This is just a rumor... by billnad · · Score: 2, Funny

      I know exactly the story you are talking about. This friend of an old roomate of mine had that happen, as my friend tells it he was lucky to keep his other arm.

  2. Hmmm.. let me think about this. by psychofox · · Score: 5, Funny
    The developers warn you that it is not ready for Production use. And you don't believe them...

    I promise not not to say I told you so.

  3. Re:Been running it for a while now... by Phil+John · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes I am! who is this?

    --
    I am NaN
  4. Re:postgres by Andrewkov · · Score: 3, Funny
    Maybe so ..

    Do you use assembler for all your programming? Or have you ever created a bash script, perl script or C program? If so, why?

  5. Speed? by Srin+Tuar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why use mysql instead of Postgres ? Speed....

    Ah, I see, you have the unusual requirement that your database must be slow...

    :)