Re: Re: using linux

[crazyinsomniac]

You might know already why "we're not dumping MySQL". It is because Everything is MySQL specific.

 

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[Anonymous Monk]

Which is an absolutely awful design decision, but that's another debate :-)

[batkins]

how is that a bad decision? what alternatives do you suggest? mysql is certainly faster than slurping files.

[Anonymous Monk]

Think of DBI, a consistant interface so one can switch databases with minimum effort. Feel like Oracle one week? Postgre the next? That's how it should be designed.