I sent mail yesterday (or at least thought I did) saying I don't really care whether things are DECIMAL, FLOAT or REAL, because we really only need one type for that, but there may be calculation precision issues; as well, someone did a blog post the other day on PlanetMySQL showing that BENCHMARK on a join using DECIMAL was relatively slow....and either the post or the comments mentioned something about DECIMAL perhaps being a string internally. So basically "one type, so long as its fast and precise" is my vote.
Did we ever decide on a documentation system? Are we using it? If not, I think it would be a good idea to start. This kind of information is really important, and I'm thinking one way I might contribute is to help with a migration kit. (in my copious free time). -Sheeri On 7/15/08, Brian Aker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi! > > Anyone attached to the DECIMAL type we added in 5.0? I am trying to strip > out the Field code and getting rid of this for the time being would make my > life a bit easier. > > Down side? > > We will not have a decimal type until I add one back (and it will come back > being a bit different then the current one). The current one is sent in a > binary format to the client, and I want to do this in a less proprietary > way. If someone badly needs it, I can resurrect the string version of it > from previous versions. > > Cheers, > -Brian > > -- > _______________________________________________________ > Brian "Krow" Aker, brian at tangent.org > Seattle, Washington > http://krow.net/ <-- Me > http://tangent.org/ <-- Software > _______________________________________________________ > You can't grep a dead tree. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss<https://launchpad.net/%7Edrizzle-discuss> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss<https://launchpad.net/%7Edrizzle-discuss> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- - Sheeri K. Cabral Note: Currently I work for The Pythian Group (http://www.pythian.com/ ), a remote DBA firm, and consulting would constitute a conflict of interest. However, I do recommend our work, and if you're looking for DBA work (I do MySQL work, but they have great Oracle and SQL Server DBAs too) right now, whether you need a few hours a week, or someone fulltime while you continue a job search. I have a webpage with tips on how to find a DBA: http://sheeri.net/how-to-find-a-dba/ I can recommend http://www.toomanyconnections.com as a good site to find MySQL (and Oracle) DBAs. If you're looking for web design, I recommend the small business my husband works for, http://www.digital-loom.com I regret that I have no other information for any other type of position, including developer, programmer and systems administrator.
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