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MySQL (Database Journal)

[Posted May 23, 2003 by ris]

Database Journal reviews MySQL, with a look at 4.0 (current), 4.1 (alpha) and what to expect in 5.0. "MySQL has come along by leaps and bounds, and the new version 4.0 is barely recognizable when compared with its earlier siblings. I first started using MySQL 3.22, when it was very much a toy, used version 3.23 extensively for websites, but version 4.0 and beyond promises much more. This article is a roadmap showing you the new features already implemented, and those still to come. If you have ever rejected MySQL as a product lacking in required features, maybe it's time to take another look."

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Posted May 23, 2003 20:59 UTC (Fri) by freitag (guest, #3828) [Link]

That's not a review, just someone slightly paraphrasing the roadmap

MySQL (still lacks stuff)

Posted May 25, 2003 23:18 UTC (Sun) by petegn (guest, #847) [Link]

I Hate to mention it but one thing MySQL STILL lacks as do most other database
systems .. is an design system like the one used in the old Borland Dbase III Plus
one that was easy to use allowed you to define the fields and where they were
displayed how they were displayed , There are a lot of us out here that are not
interested in in poking quereys ect at things all the time give us an system we can
design an form in allocate the fields and enter data in said fields then by simple
page up page down keys scroll the pages of stored data maybe do an search now
and then but make it user friendly please is that too much to ask ..

Pete .

MySQL (still lacks stuff)

Posted May 26, 2003 9:17 UTC (Mon) by khim (guest, #9252) [Link]

Thanx god it still lacks such a bloat!

MySQL (PostgreSQL, etc) are DATABASE ENGINES! If you want GUI - grab something like mysqlcc ...

It's interesting idea to add forms and the likes to it but such project should not affect MySQL in any way.

MySQL (Database Journal)

Posted May 30, 2003 22:01 UTC (Fri) by leandro (subscriber, #1460) [Link]

Hate to spoil it, but the article was written by a fanboy. Hints: he deployed MySQL even without having views and with having InnoDB as an optional extra. He thinks ACID capability takes a performance hit, ignoring the overhead of doing integrity in the application. Gimme a real DBMS any time.