We use both here, use'em as back-end databases for our hosted web sites. MySQL is fast, easy to set up and maintain, and free. Works great for our small and medium-sized web sites. But, it doesn't scale as well as Oracle and we've had better luck using Oracle with our large, active sites. MySQL with MyISAM table types has table-level locking only, and a large number of concurrent selects can slow things down tremendously.
IMHO, maintaining a MySQL database is more of a SysAdmin job than a DBA job, and I don't think you'll have much of a problem with the transition. We recently finished up some benchmarking, using Oracle and MySQL with MyISAM and InnoDB table types. I can send you the test report if you'd like. I personally think MySQL has a bright future, and when 4.1 comes out (not expected for a year or so) it could start making a real dent in the database market. It has certainly helped us here; we've been able to keep our Oracle licensing costs to a minimum by using MySQL for the majority of our sites. If you'd like more information, Joe, email me directly. --Walt Weaver Bozeman, Montana -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 8:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Anyone on the list done a comparison(or worked with both) MySQL and Oracle and can give me the good/bad points of My SQL? Doing interviewer thing and someone has My SQL who would like to move into the oracle world and i know nothing about mySQL and am wondering if the transition from one to the other is easily done. thanks, joe -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Joe Testa INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Weaver, Walt INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
