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MySQL 5 Production in November

Posted by Zonk on from the new-way-to-play-with-old-toys dept.

thatoneguyfromphoeni writes "CIO.com is reporting that MySQL AB is eyeing Nov. for the production release of MySQL 5. 'The company is calling version 5 its most significant upgrade yet. It adds a handful of features considered important for enterprises that have long been available from market leaders Oracle Corp., IBM Corp. and Microsoft Corp. Chief among them are triggers, views and stored procedures.'"

2 of 286 comments (clear)

  1. Great! by jeremedia · · Score: -1, Redundant

    What are triggers, views and stored procedures and how do the change how you use a database that previously didn't have these features?

  2. Name? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    If no "show-stopper bugs" turn up it will ship the final, commercial version in November, said Kaj ArnÂ, MySQL vice president for community relations.

    So I'm assuming something goofy is going on in the story or on my computer, or does Kaj have some funky-ness going on in his name?