Well, I think this statement does it all, http://www.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=MySQL+toy+marston
Subject: Re: Can MySQL table handle 3 million+ entries? Newsgroups: comp.lang.php Date: 2003-04-11 15:20:10 PST MySQL is NOT a toy database - it is far superior to many I have used in my long career. The lack of constraints is NOT a weakness. It is eminently possible to create reliable applications without the need for database constraints - I should know because I have designed and built many applications that did not use database constraints (mainly because they were not available). Developers only rely on database constraints to circumvent their sloppy code. Anything that can be done within the database can also be done within application code. I have seen what happens when poor programmers try to shift logic from their code into the database - they get it wrong and then blame the database for their incompetence. I am used to designing and building applications without relying on database 'features', so I write my code accordingly. It also means that the logic is maintained in one place and not it bits and pieces here and there. Tony Marston http://www.tonymarston.co.uk/php-mysql/index.html some advantage does MySQL have, Rock stable, fast, good support, I got much respone from a comparison about what other developers feel here, http://groups.google.com/groups?q=mysql+gulbrandsen+rdbms&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=60ca69db.0308210016.822e230%40posting.google.com&rnum=1 Yours sincerely Morten Gulbrandsen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Koschmann - GKT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MySQL List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 3:37 AM Subject: transaction support > Hi, > > I'm trying to get a software designer to write us some software using > MySQL as the database server (he currently requires MS SQL). It is all > windows based software (written in VB). > > So far his arguments against it are this (not my words): > > -No explicit transactional support > -MySQL is still buggy > -MyODBC is buggy and not used in production environments > -Only way to connect using ODBC is third party drivers that cost over > half as much as MS SQL > > This is just for our current software, the new software he is bidding on > says he would use .NET so that supposedely causes other problems. > > Now, I know there are a few discrepancies there but I just don't know > enough to argue it. I * need* to use MySQL as the server because of cost > reasons. I *WANT* to use MySQL because I don't care for MS choose not to > run their products. > > If you can give me any information to help me argue this I would really > appreciate it. > > Thanks, > > Bryan > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
