For those on low/middle incomes, the parent poster's rules certainly apply.
People are being hoodwinked about globalization. It's a mad race for the bottom, with only a very small number of winners (i.e those that already have plenty of internationally-mobile money).
In the future, you can be a slave for some corporation or government (what's the difference?) or be a super-wealthy player. The age of fairness and democracy is over guys.
I feel we're hurtling back to Plutocracy the excesses of the Roman Empire, and the US is leading the way.
So in your view, malware floating about on the internet is a WAY more serious problem (requiring 75% of Bill's bank balance, no less) than real people dying of real diseases.
If you're worried about MySQL truncating/rounding numbers, then you should take a few database design classes and learn how to handle numbers and choose the correct data types in your schema.
"It's a poor workman that blames his tools" - [somebody 1655].
True, but how does that devalue what MySQL have done - as your agressive, zealotish, tone implies that it does?
Sorry. I just don't get the MySQL PostgreSQL hate thing. They are both good pieces of software, both good choices for given (maybe different) situations, as far as I'm concerned.
I don't really care about who was first or what license you have.
Was PostgreSQL the first to implement these features? Uhh, I think not!
It's not the fanciest, or the fastest, but it's ubiquitous and free!
I for one have found it invaluable on many projects where a full-featured, high-capacity RDBMS would have been more trouble and expense than it was worth.
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Yeah! You know who you are!
Go shower and put on some clean duds or no beer and pizza for you tonight.
Yea, sure.
IBM had a serious DBMS (IMS DL/1) a decade before Oracle even existed.
Codd and Date were IBM Research follows weren't they?
I never have been impressed with Oracle's product or the bullshit that goes with it (or their fanboys).
Don't tell me you haven't heard this old chestnut...
Q: What's the preferred hardware platform for Oracle?
A: The salesman's slide projector of course!
Good question!
And I don't really have an answer.
Unless one imposes some kind of benign, totalitarian dictatorship - I can't see a viable solution.
I think a kind of messy, 'muddling-along' democracy is better that some simplistic from of totalitarianism, any day of the week.
Whichever way you slope the playing-field, there's always someone who's going to feel 'done down' due to the shift in the status quo.
For those on low/middle incomes, the parent poster's rules certainly apply.
People are being hoodwinked about globalization. It's a mad race for the bottom, with only a very small number of winners (i.e those that already have plenty of internationally-mobile money).
In the future, you can be a slave for some corporation or government (what's the difference?) or be a super-wealthy player. The age of fairness and democracy is over guys.
I feel we're hurtling back to Plutocracy the excesses of the Roman Empire, and the US is leading the way.
I have suddenly lost interest in the opposite sex... Please give me something else to beleive in !
If you've lost interest in the opposite sex, I suggest the Apple Mac ;)
So in your view, malware floating about on the internet is a WAY more serious problem (requiring 75% of Bill's bank balance, no less) than real people dying of real diseases.
Astonishing.
>>A database design class would teach you that such a database is not a reliable RDMS to begin with.
Name me one that is 'reliable' then.
Name me a single RDMS (sic) that even checks-off all of Codd and Date's rules for a true relational database.
Idiotic. Hmmm.
You have a good point there, that user/program interfaces shouldn't do things silently.
Where does that leave *NIX whose basic commands can do terrible damage silently?
They are both hugely flawed, but both have their uses, I suppose.
You should have been a lawer, not a coder ;)
I don't think you know much about how Google works, do you?
>>its logo includes a dolphin, not a little running guy
Yes. You're right - I had clearly overlooked that fact - that changes everything!
If you're worried about MySQL truncating/rounding numbers, then you should take a few database design classes and learn how to handle numbers and choose the correct data types in your schema.
"It's a poor workman that blames his tools" - [somebody 1655].
True, but how does that devalue what MySQL have done - as your agressive, zealotish, tone implies that it does?
Sorry. I just don't get the MySQL PostgreSQL hate thing. They are both good pieces of software, both good choices for given (maybe different) situations, as far as I'm concerned.
I don't really care about who was first or what license you have.
Was PostgreSQL the first to implement these features? Uhh, I think not!
I agree there are better RDBMSs, but MySQL is offered free by almost any web hosting outfit you care to name.
For small web-based projects, this gives it an edge over the (still slighly esoteric) PostgreSQL (which I would probably use given the choice).
>> I've been running multi-terabyte millions-of-transactions-per-hour database clusters with MySQL for about two years now.
Are you serious, or was that just a throwaway remark, or a joke?
I specialize in VLDBs and I'd be really interested in some details if it's actually true.
Not that MySQL would even be on my radar for such a job, I think you would write a very interesting case study if you are doing what you claim.
Care to provide any more info?
Well, I think it's a lot better than the 'AOL' of databases.
Remember, AOL charges for their service. MySQL (mostly) lets you use it for free.
What the hell will it take before snotty geeks stop looking gift horses in the mouth.
MySQL is fine for what it does - simple, flexible, low(ish) end RDBMS with a fair turn of speed.
Although these features may no longer be 'innovative' they take a lot of work to implement and MySQL is giving you that effort for free (as in beer).
What have you innovated lately?
It's not the fanciest, or the fastest, but it's ubiquitous and free!
I for one have found it invaluable on many projects where a full-featured, high-capacity RDBMS would have been more trouble and expense than it was worth.
Props to MySQL!
Go figure!
Go slashdot!!!!!!!
Listen up!
a) was I talking to you? a: NO!
b) did I say it was a manufacturer thing? a: NO!
c) Kid? Don't call me kid you fucking loser!
I think somebody doesn't know what 'Big Iron' is if they think AMD chips have anything to do with it.
Or some other flatulent mammal.
A 'punter' is common British slang for 'your average joe'.
Also used to mean a gambler or a prostitues client!
What did I start here.
Sorry guy. Just give it a break huh?