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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."

7 of 273 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Windows-like version numbers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just avoid MySQL 5.0.0 and upgrade to MySQL XP when it comes out.

  2. eh? by chunkwhite86 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who the hell is coding and releasing new versions on Christmas Day? Take a break!!

    And who is reading f$%king slashdot on Christmas Day too??

    Oh wait.

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    I'd rather be a conservative nutjob than a liberal with no nuts and no job.
    1. Re:eh? by KingDaveRa · · Score: 3, Funny

      And who is reading f$%king slashdot on Christmas Day too??

      People who care enough about stored procedures to ignore their family and check Slashdot. That's who.

      Its all about priorities.

  3. no letup by GerbilSocks · · Score: 2, Funny
    Don't you geeks celebrate Christmas? My God.. can't slashdot just not post stories during the Holidays so then I don't have to visit so often

    This rant brought to you by a Squadron of Attack Kittens.

  4. Re:Not that uncommon by AntiOrganic · · Score: 2, Funny

    If it's good enough for kernel.org it's good enough for me.

  5. Re:The big question: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    hahahahahhaha

    mssql

    hahhahahahahahahaha

    o man, good one!

  6. Fuck you! by Lord+Bitman · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't care what anyone else says! It's MySQL 5.0 and we're running away together! You never understand me! Maybe no one else will ever understand us either, but alpha or not, we're n love!

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    -- 'The' Lord and Master Bitman On High, Master Of All