The new version of MYSql provides transactions.  If you are going to use
postgres, do not use the Greatbridge variant, they jsut went out of
business.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Florin Iucha [SMTP:florin at iucha.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 07, 2001 11:03 AM
> To:	tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject:	Re: <TROLL> (was Re: [TCLUG] creating databases for the web)
> 
> On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 06:56:56AM -0600, Chad C. Walstrom wrote:
> 
> > <TROLL>Use a REAL Relational Database, not some uncompliant, difficult
> > to manage, not fully written to UNIX Philosophy, hacker's wannabe
> > database.  Dump the MySQL for something that provides ACTUAL referential
> > integrity, triggers, multiple procedural languages,
> > better-than-row-level locking, replication, a fully mature client/server
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   Now, what's that supposed to mean? Attribute-level-locking?
> 
> > library, a fully mature console client (psql blows mysql out of the
> > water, frankly), and true SQL92 compliance Use PostgreSQL!</TROLL>
> 
> Ignore the trolls and use what suits you best. A flatfile if that does
> the job.
> 
> Mysql doesn't offer those but it doesn't have the overhead either.
> 
> florin
> 
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