Sonia Ghadially <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear Sir/Madam: > > My company is thinking of using MySQL for our production reporting data > warehouse. > > Could you please tell me: > > 1) > What is the latest release of MySQL, and what is the latest stable release > of MySQL?
Go to http://www.mysql.com/downloads/index.html. You will always find an updated answer here. > 2) > On the MySQL website, what is the difference between the following > (releases?) http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/News.html > > MySQL 3.23.39 debug (what does debug mean?) >From WordNet (r) 1.7.1 (July 2002) [wn]: debug v : locate and correct errors in a computer program code; "debug this program" The debug versions of mysql have information which makes debugging easier. > MySQL 3.22.29 debug > MySQL 4.0.6 gamma (what does gamma mean?) "almost stable" > MySQL 4.1.0 alpha standard (what does alpha standard mean?) An alpha release is the first release that might actually work and be useful in some way (development, etc). Alpha releases are very seldom stable, though. -- Per Andreas Buer -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
