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MySQL 5.0.0 (Alpha) Released

Posted by michael on from the some-data-loss-inevitable dept.

ulrikp writes "Swedish MySQL AB, makers of the MySQL database, have released an Alpha-version of their flagship, dubbed MySQL 5.0.0. The changes include basic support for SQL-99 stored procedures. Please note: Despite the version number, this is an Alpha release, and not for general consumption."

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  1. Great, by Gary+Whittles · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Now all it needs is (proper!) transactions, rollbacks and subselects, and then it might be suitable for a production environment.

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  2. Excuse me ... by bitsformoney · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    wasn't there a post the other day saying hello, this is the 21st century, we need no databases anymore?

    Slashdotters get so excited over an improvement in any technology, they'd drool over an improvement of the steam engine.

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  3. Re:Windows-like version numbers by khuber · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Where do I download the Microsft SQL Server for Linux?

  4. All hail by slayer99 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Another relase from the RDMS that told us transactions weren't important and would just slow things down.

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