Doesn't foreign keys only work with InnoDB talbes? And Although you can
create relationships it doesn't enforce any kind of referential
integrity?


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From: Robert Chartier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
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Subject: RE: Is MySQL a True Relational DB?



im sure this was posted during the last conversation, but if not, ill
add 
it now.

http://openacs.org/philosophy/why-not-mysql.html




At 10:46 AM 8/2/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks guys. Yes. That was it. That's what stuck out in my head.
Someone
>had said that it didn't support foreign keys, and therefore, it wasn't
a
>true relational database.
>
>According to BT, it does, so it is.  Thanks!
>
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> > Yes, mySQL has the ability to define foreign keys, which allows you
> > to RELATE tables together. It does lack some of the nicer SQL
> > features tho, like correlated subqueries, transactions and stored
> > procedures. I believe they added transactions and stored procs to
> > 4.0. However, it is a great database to work with.
> >
> > Ben Timby
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> > From: 15Seconds Editor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 7:53 AM
> > To: ActiveServerPages
> > Subject: Is MySQL a True Relational DB?
> >
> >
> > Guys,
> >
> > I remember a discussion a while ago that debated whether or not
MYSQL
> > is a
> > true relational database. I cannot seem to find that discussion in
> > the
> > archives.
> >
> > At risk of stirring up the debate again (which may not necessarily
be
> > a
> > bad thing), can someone tell me if MySQL is or is not a true
> > relational
> > database? The last discussion concluded that it isn't. Don't
remember
> > why
> > though.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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