On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:17:27 +0000, Ignoramus7272 wrote:

> Someone here tested MS SQL Server vs. MySQL. Both stock install versions,
> no tweaking.
>
> The result of tests, roughly, is that MySQL is about 2-3x faster than MS
> SQL Server, when doing selects or inserts or updates.
>
> So, we'll be going with MySQL. It is also to not pay money to anyone, and
> to get a full version and not some bastardized "evaluation" server.

Version 4 or 5 of MySQL? You are sure you don't need transactions?

I've seen way to many programmers not thinking about database concurrency
resulting in corrupted databases. If MySQL cuts it (it does for most of my
applications), fine. However, if you need a true database, the tables turn
(pun intended).

HTH,
M4
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