On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:22:44AM +0200, Reinier Olislagers wrote: > On 16-7-2013 11:17, Henry Vermaak wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 08:33:45AM +0000, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > >> If it really is so bad, why have so many developers- in particularly > >> web developers- clasped it to their bosom? > > > > Probably not, no, given that it's used by wikipedia, google, twitter, > > etc. It just seems like Graeme and Michael are complaining that it > > doesn't default to strict mode (i.e. traditional mode in mysql > > parlance). Lots of credibility lost if people rant about something that > > they can actually configure the way they like. > > Would you happen to know how those people programmed their backends? > Using the crummy code mentioned in the thread or code that expects RDBMS > behaviour?
Sorry, my crystal ball is in for repairs, you'll have to spell out your point for me. > There's lots of whacky code out there that still is used in production, > and patched endlessly whenever the next error pops up. Doesn't mean it's > a good idea to go down that path. A universal truth, but I can't see how it's unique to mysql? > That said, I agree about the configuring+ranting part, but I'm not sure > to what level of strictness you can actually configure MySQL. And I'm > not interested enough to find out - Firebird suits me just fine. Ranting from a position of ignorance seriously dilutes your credibility in my book. Henry -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus