On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > MySQL is great for small queries and small databases.
While I'm no expert in this stuff (indeed, I rarely touch it), my understanding is that MySQL is great for databases which are mostly read-only, as opposed to just small. MySQL is optimized for speed over completeness. For example, Slashdot likes MySQL, because most of the database load is reading data for page generation. Comments are posted relatively rarely (compared to page-views). So, like most things, "it depends". The application may benefit from one or the other -- or even both, I imagine. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
