On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 21:57:25 -0600 "George Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think MySQL has a little ways to go yet before I would > subjectively call it best. ok. > I posted twice to the list with questions about porting my > application that runs on (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Sybase SQL > Anywhere, MS Access, and DB2) to MySQL. No one on the mysql list, or > the internals list responded to my pretty basic issues: > > 1) Why can't I declare a datetime field with DEFAULT NOW() http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/create-table.html "The DEFAULT clause specifies a default value for a column. With one exception, the default value must be a constant; it cannot be a function or an expression. This means, for example, that you cannot set the default for a date column to be the value of a function such as NOW() or CURRENT_DATE. The exception is that you can specify CURRENT_TIMESTAMP as the default for a TIMESTAMP column as of MySQL 4.1.2. See Section 11.3.1.2, _TIMESTAMP Properties as of MySQL 4.1_. " <snip> "For date and time types other than TIMESTAMP, the default is the appropriate ``zero'' value for the type. For the first TIMESTAMP column in a table, the default value is the current date and time. See Section 11.3, _Date and Time Types_. " Looks like a policy decision, not a missing feature? Why does the TIMESTAMP column not meet your needs? > 2) Since the SQL standard states that identifiers are not case > sensitive, how can I use the DB without case sensitivity, when I > don't have authority to change the system wide lowercase setting? I > wouldn't have authority to change the setting in a hosted > environment. Only thing I would suggest is to work with your hosting admin to see if they would be willing to change this system-wide setting since there is no per-user control over this. If this is something you cannot live with then choose a different RDBMS. > I have to say, MySQL still looks like a tinker-toy to me. <ignoring troll bait> Good luck, Josh -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
