> My two cents: > > 1c) NULL is a state not a value. '' and NULL are _NOT_ the > same. Hence you > have SELECT blah blah... WHERE <col> IS/IS NOT NULL instead > of WHERE <col> > =/!= NULL. > > 2c) You might want to have a look at Firebird (Borland's Interbase > reincarnated as Open Source) http://www.firebirdsql.org. It is a more > complete RDMS than MySql, smaller and maybe easier to use > than PostgreSql.
Thanks for your 3 cents worth *smirks* Will check out borlands product, however I suspect I'll be sticking with mysql for now. Cheers -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
