Uh, before you take his head off, consider that most people using MySQL are
not in a position to build MySQL themselves (or trust whatever comes out of
"./configure --whatever_options; make").
And the default binary distribution does not include BDB or InnoBase for any
platform (that's coming soon, but is still in process..).
So telling them to RTFM doesn't help, because even if they do, it won't give
them transactions. MySQL seems to ignore TABLE TYPE specifications if it
isn't compiled for that table type (i.e. if you take the default
distribution and create a table with TYPE=BDB, it just quietly ignores that
spec and creates a MyISAM table, leading to much confusion for the
uninitiated - shouldn't it at least give a warning about "unknown table
type"??).
So until we have such binary distributions that support BDB and InnoBase,
it's probably more appropriate to point out to them that they have to build
their own distribution with BDB and/or InnoBase, and *then* tell them to
continue on and RTFM..
-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 6:19 AM
To: Marco Baldacchini
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Transactions in MySql
Marco Baldacchini wrote:
>
> MySql support transactions?
> The OLE-DB provider support transactions?
> Call the method Begintrans on a connection object (ADO) return an error!!!
And you read the manual, right?
Transaction support depends on the version of MySQL you are running, and
the table type created.
Read the manual, then ask questions.
