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Wednesday June 21, 2006

10:11 PM

[ #30002 ]

When some people are confonted with a database problem, they say to themselves, "I know, I'll use MySQL!"

Now they have two problems.

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Dude (Score:1)

by sigzero (5768)

You need therapy about this MySQL hang-up you have. : )
- Re:Dude (Score:1)
  
  by chromatic (983)
  
  1999 was a happy year for Randal. Leave him be.
  - Re:Dude (Score:2)
    
    by merlyn (47)
    Actually, in 1999, I was recommending MySQL as best of breed, because Pg wasn't "enterprise ready" in my observation. I'm no longer making that mistake.
    
    --
    
    Randal L. Schwartz
    
    Stonehenge
    - Re:Dude (Score:1)
      
      by chromatic (983)
      
      You have a strange view of Slony's maturity then.
Misquoting Southpark (Score:2)

by grantm (164)

Blame MySQL - it's not a real database anyway.
badum-bum-CHING! (Score:2)

by Mr. Muskrat (4572)

Sting (precussion) [wikipedia.org]
Must restrain Fist of Doom (Score:1)

by runrig (3385)

Everytime I'm asked "but do you have MySQL experience?", I have to restrain myself from responding "Yes, and I've worked with real databases too!"