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MySQL AB Calls v4.1.7 Production Ready

Posted by timothy on from the world's-fastest-recipe-book dept.

puppetman writes "MySQL announced a few hours ago that 4.1 has been deemed production ready with the release of 4.1.7. The major enhancements of 4.1 include sub-selects, faster communication between client and server (thanks to parameter binding), replication over SSL, and lots more. A full list can be found here. Time to rehash those tired arguments about why MySQL is not a real database, and (Postgres/Oracle/SQL Server/Access/SAPDB/Ingres/etc) is the only real database out there."

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  1. Re:MySQL by ahdeoz · · Score: 0, Troll

    No one has ever upgraded from MySQL to PostgreSQL. If someone was using MySQL and feels a business need to "upgrade" their database because of features, performance, or reliability, it goes to Oracle, DB2, or even Microsoft SQL Server. By the time you are pushing the limits of MySQL, PostgreSQL is not a feasible option, and certainly not a safe business decision. Likewise, I seriously doubt anyone has ever migrated from PostgreSQL to a commercial "enterprise" server. It is just not in the migration path. It is in it's own little advocate niche, and outside the mainstream of real applications and businesses.