Comments on: Reason #1843 why MySQL is a toy http://blog.amber.org/2004/09/14/reason-1843-why-mysql-is-a-toy/ Thoughts of a minor lunatic Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:49:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: petrilli http://blog.amber.org/2004/09/14/reason-1843-why-mysql-is-a-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-1657 petrilli Tue, 26 Apr 2005 04:12:51 +0000 http://amber.textdriven.com/2004/09/14/reason-1843-why-mysql-is-a-toy/#comment-1657 If you are just throwing log files into a database (something I do a lot of in my job), then yeah, MySQL is fine. The minute you are using a RDBMS as more than a hopped-up file, then MySQL starts to not look so good. I can tolerate dumb behavior for log files, but the minute customer data hits it, I'm getting nervous. If you are just throwing log files into a database (something I do a lot of in my job), then yeah, MySQL is fine. The minute you are using a RDBMS as more than a hopped-up file, then MySQL starts to not look so good. I can tolerate dumb behavior for log files, but the minute customer data hits it, I’m getting nervous.

]]> By: Joe Grossberg http://blog.amber.org/2004/09/14/reason-1843-why-mysql-is-a-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 Joe Grossberg Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://amber.textdriven.com/2004/09/14/reason-1843-why-mysql-is-a-toy/#comment-1281 Yeah, but it's a toy that's free, widely available, has lots of APIs written for it, and suits the needs of 90% of db-driven applications. Yeah, but it’s a toy that’s free, widely available, has lots of APIs written for it, and suits the needs of 90% of db-driven applications.

]]> By: petrilli http://blog.amber.org/2004/09/14/reason-1843-why-mysql-is-a-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-1282 petrilli Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://amber.textdriven.com/2004/09/14/reason-1843-why-mysql-is-a-toy/#comment-1282 So is PostgreSQL, it's "more free" if you know what I mean, and actually behaves correctly. That's my #1 requirement of a DB, that it do what it's told. MyQSL has so many gotcha's that it's disturbing that anyone uses it. http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html So is PostgreSQL, it’s “more free” if you know what I mean, and actually behaves correctly. That’s my #1 requirement of a DB, that it do what it’s told. MyQSL has so many gotcha’s that it’s disturbing that anyone uses it.

http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html

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