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> was that mysql 3.23.x or 4.0.x ?
> michael
I did most of my mysql work some time ago with 3.x. I have, however,
installed mysql 4.0.12 since I'm working on a CASE tool which needs to
support both mysql and postgresql. I'll be the first to admit that
mysql has probably improved (a lot?) sin
> My example of heavy load where mysql could not even begin to handle the
> situation was a project with real time stock market data streamed in as
> bids and offers and trades happened, statistics computed from that in real
> time, database kept in sync live, and charts and graphs plotted in re
> Don't use Mysql. if you ever have had to deal with it in a production
> environment that works it over, you will know that as it reaches it's
> limits, it starts a death spiral that is very difficult to recover from.
> For our software on a dual P3 866 with a gig of ram, the limit was
> around 1.
