Martijn Lievaart wrote:
> 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

MySQL can do transactions just fine if you use innodb tables. No
problem at all.

Of course MSSQL has other features, but MySQL is rapidly catching up.

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