Foreign keys / Transactions in MySQL.. WTF?

[Abigail]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 05:52:05PM +0930, Toby Corkindale wrote:
> 
> How did MySQL get so popular when it still seems to be missing key
> features? Ah, I shouldn't ask that, it's just gonna be trolling :)

Because it was 
   1) Cheap.
   2) Cheap.
   3) Cheap.
   4) Everyone said it was cheap.
   5) Fast.
   6) Cheap.
   7) Everyone said this was the cheap database.
   8) Everyone said it was fast.
   9) made popular by clueless people.


Abigail