Agreed. As soon as subselects and the Stored Procedure support is complete I can almost ditch MSSQL entirely...
> BUT: the sql-set is too limited for most of the real use cases > out there. just think of the missing sub-selects or > multitable-updates/deletes or stored procedures. i worked with > m$ sqlserver and oracle for years and i really miss these features > in mysql. i am looking forward to see version 4.x having these > things. > > mysql rocks and oracle is really expensive :) so i continue using > mysql for almost all projects. > > cheers, > pero > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: john [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 6:25 PM > > To: MySQL Lists > > Subject: RE: MySQL Power ? > > > > > > For what a newbies opinion may matter, > > > > I breifly worked with Oracle, and am working with MySQL. > Fact, as it may > > be, I will never look for or take a job where they are > using the P.O.S. > > Oracle. Oracle is not stable enough, it bombs if you make > one misleading > > query. MySQL just says "eh, try again". Heaven forbid you > want to call a > > memory stack in Oracle and puipe the results to the db, and > if you do, you > > had better have all of your ducks squared away, you can > ever so easily > > corrupt the database if you don't. Oracle doesn't have > enough intuition > > either. > > > > John > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 9:16 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: MySQL Power ? > > > > > > > > > I don't mean to start an opinion war, but ... > > > > > > Can MySQL handle many processors, many servers (clustering), load > > > ballancing, etc as well as Oracle. Or should one use > Oracle (some other > > > database) for large volume high response requirements. > Is mySQL too > > basic > > > for these capabilities? > > > > > > Pros and Cons, please. This should help settle an > internal debate that > > is > > > raging! > > > > I will look forward to hearing the response of the > well-informed to this. > > > > However, my impression is that while the answer, for the > very highest > > volumes, is that Oracle is better, the point at which > Oracle betters MySQL > > is *much* higher than doubters might think. So, if anybody > give the reply > > that Oracle is best at the high end, please could they also > try to quantify > > the point at which MySQL begins to run out of steam - and > what it is it > > can't do and Oracle can at that point. (For example, MySQL > can handle high > > read loads by use of replication, but would bottleneck on > high write loads > > - I think). > > > > (Or have I just fallen for Oracle propaganda?) > > > > Alec Cawley > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
