Foreign keys / Transactions in MySQL.. WTF?

[Nic Gibson]

On 31/07/07, Peter Corlett <abuse at cabal.org.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 10:46:51AM +0100, ti at lemonia.org wrote:
> [...]
> > Do things like "command-line SQL tool with history that understands your
> > terminal width", "GUI tool that starts in less than tree minutes",
> > "reliable export/import tool", and "readily configured full text search"
> > count as "key features"?
>
> Which other database are you alluding to here?
>
> MySQL's alleged full-text support is a load of gash and no better than LIKE
> '%keyword%" (thus doing a full table scan) but you presumably knew that
> already.
>

One assumes PostgreSQL given the comment about terminal widths. Yes,
that is an annoyance with psql but seriously, who chooses an RDBMS
based on that sort of thing?

nic
>


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