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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.

  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.