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MySQL 4 - Is it Stable?
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?
Why not use Java instead of C?
Funny and I thought Perl == Paid employment recently located
I have reported this steganographic threat to the FBI. We must be VIGILANT.
I agree - without these features I don't call MySQL database. I'm doing some SIMPLE intranetwork groupware (mainly managing information about companies, people and contacts) and some of my SQL queries are 4 lines long and has got 3 sub-selects (I use PostgreSQL and I'm VERY happy with it).
If you need indexed tables and performance is critical then why not use this instead of mySQL? I mean, for the limited SQL syntax that is actually available in mySQL, you may as well not bother using it.
The above is an under-moderated answer to this (too bad, used my mod points up yesterday).
Still, would like to see triggers and stored procedures.