Re: Re: MySQL question
| From: | Dean Hall | Date: | Fri, 03 Nov 2000 20:26:26 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: MySQL question | ||
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That would be a 'no'. MySQL doesn't support transactions, foreign keys,
cascading updates, or cascading deletes. MySQL is optimized for speed, not
data integrity. (Sad, considering how bulky PostgreSQL is.) Word is that
future versions will support transactions but not rollbacks.
Dean.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thimble Smith" <tim@mysql.com>
To: "Mike Hammonds" <mhammonds@knowledgeinenergy.com>
Cc: <mysql@lists.mysql.com>; <php-db@lists.php.net>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 2:09 PM
Subject: [PHP-DB] Re: MySQL question
> On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 01:25:44PM -0500, Mike Hammonds wrote:
> > Does MySQL support relational integrity and cascading updates,
> > also cascading deletions?
>
> http://www.mysql.com/manual.php?section=Missing_functions
>
> Tim
>
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