MySQL also supports Transactions just fine. (and is free even for non-GPL code).
What does the table have to do with open source, since SQL Server isn't open source. There are a lot of non-open source DB solutions. Why compare to that one? Dave On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 15:08, Andrew Ho wrote: > On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Daniel L. Johnson wrote: > > > Dear List, > > > > I was recently sent the following table comparing SQL databases, > > comparing MySQL with SQL Server 2000. > > http://www.danlj.org/~danlj/OpenSource/Database_Comparisons.doc.html > > Dan, > Who is the author of this? > > > It does not seem accurate to me, and it omits PostgreSQL. > > I am not a MySQL expert but the author may be guilty of intentional > mis-information. My guess is that the author prefers to sell Microsoft SQL > Server products. > > The statement in the "Price" row for MySQL is a blatant lie: > "$495 per server (free if you put your source code in the GPL)" > > Best regards, > > Andrew > --- > Andrew P. Ho, M.D. > OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes > www.TxOutcome.Org
