Sonia, >> My company is thinking of using MySQL for our production reporting data >> warehouse.
If you intend to use MySQL for production purposes, you should go to http://www.mysql.com/ and download the database server labeled "Production" (currently 4.0.13). MySQL has fast release cycles, and if you are an experienced MySQL user, you might as well use other versions (with probably more features available): - Gamma (widely deployed, no more critical bugs reported by users, thus "almost production"), - Beta (not so widely deployed, so the server might still contain critical bugs that show up only in certain environments / situations), - Alpha (no bugs that the MySQL development team knows of), - Developer version (which you will have to compile yourself, certainly not for production, not even for advanced users). >> What is the latest release of MySQL, and what is the latest stable release >> of MySQL? Depends on how experienced you are (see above). Latest production release is 4.0.13, latest Alpha release is 4.1.0, latest Developer release is 4.1.1 (and to satisfy those techies on this list, _really_ latest Developer release is 5.0). At the moment, there are neither Beta nor Gamma releases. To make things a bit more complicated, there is another release called "Recent". I hope that categorisation will disappear pretty soon. >> On the MySQL website, what is the difference between the following >> (releases?) >> MySQL 3.23.39 debug (what does debug mean?) >> MySQL 3.22.29 debug >> MySQL 4.0.6 gamma (what does gamma mean?) >> MySQL 4.1.0 alpha standard (what does alpha standard mean?) See above. "Debug" is not a special release, it's just a server option you can enable (by starting a server executable that contains "debug" in its name, like "mysqld-debug"). It's for debugging purposes only, i.e. for developers trying to find the cause of errors in a software. Regards, -- Stefan Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iConnect GmbH <http://iConnect.de> Heesestr. 6, 12169 Berlin (Germany) Telefon: +49 30 7970948-0 Fax: +49 30 7970948-3 [filter fodder: sql, mysql, query] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
