Toby Thain

Toby Thain

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A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since April 17, 2006

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April 17, 2006, on Database Management Systems:
The reference to MySQL is very out of date. It seems that most people's understanding of MySQL's capabilities is mired in MySQL 3.x. Philip mentions that his information is current "circa 2003" but quite a lot has changed since then. For OLTP and enterprise grade applications, the stable now includes:
MySQL 4.0, with InnoDB ACID-compliant storage engine
MySQL 5.0, with InnoDB and standards compliant stored procedures, triggers, views, etc.
MaxDB, formerly SAP DB, "a heavy-duty, SAP-certified open source database for OLTP and OLAP usage".
(Those who follow such things will note that Oracle now owns Innobase Oy. However MySQL's license to sell InnoDB has been renewed. They have several other OLTP options in the works, including a r...