On Feb 5, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Roger Howard wrote: > On Thu, February 5, 2009 9:38 am, Lawrence Sica wrote: >> >> On Feb 5, 2009, at 12:24 PM, Patrick Coskren wrote: >> >>> On Feb 5, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Lawrence Sica wrote: >>> >>>> MySQL is, to be frank, shittastic. I never understood >>>> the joy and awesomeness that some people think that it is made up >>>> of. >>> >>> Short learning curve and very quick for tasks with high-frequency >>> reads, low-frequency writes, and no strong need for data integrity. >>> >> >> That short learning curve is part of the problem. You have people >> managing databases with no actual understanding of what that means as >> a result. Not that something needs to be hard, but it needs to not >> be >> too simple. > > Well, I'm not sure if you mean me.. I'll readily admit I'm not a > DBA. But > I deal in data, and have built a number of database-backed > applications > over the years - typically internal applications, supporting > production > environments and clients. I know my limits, and in my current > environment > I'm happy to have far more skilled people than I am to do the real > hard > work. >
Let me clarify. You sounds more like a developer and not an admin. That's fine. It's when you get people who think they need no training because it seems so easy. I am talking about some basic ideas and concepts which you seem to grasp. I am in a similar boat. I won't pretend to know as much as the Oracle DBAs at work but I know enough to manage my own small installations and I hope not make stupid mistakes. > > architect, just a technical business user. Also, I'm reminded > frequently > that SQL wasn't intended just for DBAs - it was meant as a general > purpose > query language for people like me... and I tend to have no problem > with > the language itself, with grokking complex databases. It's just the > tools > that occasionally get in the way. > Yes, SQL was designed to let people interact with the database in a meaningful way. But it is just another tool I think. --Larry _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
