Peter H. Coffin wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:42:20 -0700, donh wrote:
>> Hi Group,
>>
>> I've just started learning mysql to use at work. My companies parent
>> company uses SQL Servers but its not something I have access to and
>> was hoping that our local IT dept could install mysql apache and php
>> for more local use. My IT dept hasn't said no as yet but in their
>> initial research to find out about MySQL they came up with this
>> article
>>
>> http://www.tometasoftware.com/mysql_vs_sqlserver.asp
>>
>> Although I think I can guess where the sites loyalties lay, but I
>> would really appreciate comment on the articles views on the
>> limitations of MySQL. Certainly I have doubts about it as I believe
>> my own MySQL admin tool provides InnoDB which the article says is not
>> available!
>>
>> My intended usage, will be to display fairly simple forms both
>> completed for referral and updating and blank for completion by remote
>> workers, probably around 100 at a time.
>
> Read the followup article instead; their bias toward SQL Server end up
> being "SQL Server offers more ways to replicate", "SQL Server offers
> more ways to encrypt stuff", and "You can't just copy files to make a
> good backup of MySQL".
>
> If you're really intereested in it from the learning perspective, go
> stick it on your home machine. It'll work fine there, if your home
> machine is less than a decade old. If you have a task for it at work, it
> kind of depends on your corporate culture. Some places are easily swayed
> by "it won't require a tic on your license count" (It's free). Others
> may be more reluctant to stray from "supported" products, and you'll be
> stuck getting a space on an SQL Server somewhere. On the plus side, this
> will get you much the same experience with learning SQL, as SQL's pretty
> similar, server to server.
>

You forgot the part about the new features in 5.0 (triggers, stored
procedures, etc.) not being stable yet. These guys think everyone
produces code as bad as an unnamed company in Redmond.

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