On Feb 4, 2004, at 1:59 AM, Bill Stephenson wrote:
The above are some of the excuses I've come up with to avoid spending more time learning stuff. If I'm deluded, it's because I have boxes upon boxes of software that doesn't work anymore and time invested in each of them. It's not that I don't believe that MySQL and other database engines have a place, I'm just trying to avoid learning how to use them if I don't really need too.
Personally I think it's worth it in the case of MySQL (or other relational databases). The basics are pretty easily learned in an afternoon or two, and as your application and needs change, you'll definitely save yourself days worth of work by being able to leverage a good DB when your solution really calls for one.
Ditto to that! I had put off learning the needed stuff to tie Perl to SQL databases years ago, but once I did learn it (and it was a pretty quick lesson) it really paid off. As for outdated software, the basics of SQL are what, 25 years old? It's worth learning...
Pete
