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MySQL 5.0.3-beta Released
Zontar The Mindless writes "MySQL Community Edition 5.0.3-beta has been released. This version has support for Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views and many other features, including a number of security enhancements and stability fixes. See the changelog for a complete listing of new features and bugfixes. MySQL 5.0.3-beta is now available in source and binary form for Linux, Solaris, MacOS X, FreeBSD, Windows, and other platforms from dev.mysql.com/downloads/ and mirror sites. RPMs for Red Hat/Fedora and SUSE Linux are also now available for the first time in the 5.0 series. This is the first Beta release in the 5.0 series, in preparation for a MySQL 5.0 production release later this year."
Please don't dismiss the PostgreSQL "zealots" as trolls, most of their points are truly valid as of the latest released MySQL (4.1) and it's outright embarassing to hear people tell developers using MS SQL Server to migrate to MySQL which is a very common thing to hear here on Slashdot and other technical forums with a Linux/OSS bias.
MySQL 5 is a HUGE leap forward for MySQL and most of the points will probably become moot. Let's just hope they fix the default-value fiasco also...
When MySQL 5 is released PostgreSQL will get some more Open Source competition and that is a good thing.
My other account has a 3-digit UID.
MySQL 5 is a HUGE leap forward for MySQL and most of the points will probably become moot. Let's just hope they fix the default-value fiasco also...
Are they planning on fixing the artistic license that MySQL routinely takes with the data thrown at it? I'm talking about autotruncation, auto "converting" strings to numbers, NULL and 0 being the same thing... Until MySQL takes data consistency or at least validation seriously it will never make it in this shop.
When MySQL 5 is released PostgreSQL will get some more Open Source competition and that is a good thing.
Totally agreed. I'm a fan of Postgres, this is true, but competition is always healthy so long as nobody's playing dirty pool.
I think the real question here is, are all of these features supported under one table type?
MySQL has Fulltext search and relational contraints, but not both at the same time becuase of the different table types.
Unless the MySQL team can get all these features together in MyISAM, don't expect a big uptake.