Munson, Jacob wrote: >> Don't use the MySQL version for this: they don't support >> transactions so >> they don't support referential integrity. > > MySQL supports transactions if you use the right storage engine (like > InnoDB):
The storage engine under discussion was specifically the engine for federated tables. It does not support transactions. > InnoDB recently got purchased by Oracle, so MySQL is working on their > own storage engine to address this issue. Oracle hasn't done anything > adversarial, yet, but I can't say I blame MySQL AB for going to plan B. Plan D. Plan A was to convince the world transactions are evil, plan B was InnoDB, plan C was BDB and now they are at plan D. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:242419 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
