Thus spake asantos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Which just goes to show that you don't know what you're talking about. The
> architecture that I described in the previous message does not require
> transactions (nor the code bloat that cames with support for it). It's a
> single, non relational, lookup:
> select pw_name, pw_passwd, pw_uid.... from vpopmail where pw_name='abcdef'
> and pw_domain='ghijk.com';
> The (infrequent) updates to the database occur when a user is added or a
> password is changed, and even then its a single row update. Transactional ou
> relational integrity are not needed.
> That being said, I encouraje you to thing about the nature and filosophy of
> qmail: simple modules, interconnected, each doing its part of the work. Why
> in hell would I need Oracle or Sybase or whatever when what I need is a
> simple lookup and a modicum of scaling capability?
For this setup, using mysql is even more stupid than in general.
mysql adds tons of unnecessary complexity to the system and wastes system
resources.
Felix
