User: ns0

Mysql VS Oracle Sybase etc.. etc..

On: Why Not MySQL?

I have to speak and say that Oracle does have many
Unique features such as proceedures linking and what not
But I guess it all comes down to where do you want certain database features/functions handled?
Example: Linking a username to a post on a message board.
Once the user is deleted is it the job of the database
Or the job your application to take care of the stale users post?
On one hand your application can't query everytime it connects
To make sure that all the user names are valid, but
you have to consider it's not the database's core
responsibilty to process data, just store it. These things alike are nice
features added in to a basic database with about a 15,000$ overhand pelt on top just to make programming easier.

Personally I believe it's the appliacations or system softwares responsibilty to handle that sort of auditing.
I fully agree that mysql should have more crash resistant techniques such as rollback.
But for godsake just because it can't dynamically link data doesn't make it non-usable.
It's your applications job to deal with the data
It's mysql's job to store the data.
If you want to pay 15,000$ extra for spoofy logos and
features such as that go ahead, i'll just spend 10 extra minutes
programming the functions I need into my application
that can do the exact same things as oracle for a significantly lower price.
I guess it comes down that Oracle programmers are lazy. ;-) j/k trevor@xmission.com