1. MySQL hasn't been "proven" yet in the corporate environment Is Yahoo! proven enough? Seriously, how many large corporations have to use a DB in order for it to be "proven"? Is Access "proven" because every company on the planet uses it at some level?
2. Some of the comments in the mySQL manual... people losing data doing routine stuff like table optimizations, adding keys, etc. If a database is reliable, things like that shouldn't happen. Comments like those in the MySQL manual scared me. Like previous posters have pointed out. If given the same freedom within Oracle's online documentation you'd have to believe there would be horror stories outlining loss of data. The main questions you have to ask yourself are as follows: - What type of application am I programming? - What type of features do I need in my DB? - How much data am I storing? - What type of data am I storing? - How much traffic will this database see? - How much money can I spend? If you're storing massive amounts of video and sound within the actual DB then maybe Oracle is the choice for you. If you need seemless integration with VB then MS SQL might be the best candidate. If all you need is data and speed then any DB on the planet would work (if your traffic was low enough XML in flat files would work). We aren't saying MySQL is the best DB for every task, but what we are saying is MySQL is proven to be more than adequate for all sorts of tasks - it just depends on which task you need your DB to perform very well in. --Joe -- Joe Stump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.joestump.net 1. MySQL hasn't been "proven" yet in the corporate environment 2. Some of the comments in the mySQL manual... people losing data doing routine stuff like table optimizations, adding keys, etc. If a database is reliable, things like that shouldn't happen. Comments like those in the MySQL manual scared me. -- Michael She : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile : (519) 589-7309 WWW Homepage : http://www.binaryio.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
