Re: MySQL Appeal from Monty

On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 15:59 -0600, Philip Thompson wrote: > On Dec 14, 2009, at 12:51 AM, Lester Caine wrote: > > > Lenin wrote: > >> You might also like this: > >> Come on Monty - Lukas Smith http://bit.ly/5lmwwD > > > > I've been watching some of this debate with interest, but I'll stay with a > > database that has none of the baggage that MySQL has always had, and IS currently replacing Oracle > > in many large sites :) > > > > -- > > Lester Caine - G8HFL > > Do share your db of interest... (and please don't say MSSQL). > > ~Philip > > MSSQL has nearly brought me to tears and could have easily made me bald through hair pulling! I have to say, I do like MySQL, it's very flexible and fast, and being able to choose different storage engines for different tables in the same DB is brilliant! I really don't think there's anything to overly worry about from Oracle, as the two DB's have different audiences. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk