Sheeri K. Cabral wrote: > 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?
Not that I know of. > 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). I'd like to add to this that, even though we've lowered the number of client programs we are shipping, we will need some manpages for them eventually. The MySQL ones are GPLd now, so we can grab the relevant ones and start from there, or we can start from scratch... > -Sheeri > > On 7/15/08, *Brian Aker* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[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 <http://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] > <mailto:[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. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
