Oracle buys SleepyCat

> > I am much more hopeful about MySQL MaxDB, http://www.mysql.com/
> > products/maxdb/, which is used to run some of the
largest enterprise
> > databases for SAP.
>
> Seems to have referential integrity.Not clear to me if
it has transactions
> or not (doesn't say).
>
> htt
p://www.mysql.com/products/maxdb/features.html

No. It doesn't have transactions. Only InnoDB and BDB do.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/ansi-di
ff-transactions.html
1.9.5.3. Transactions and Atomic Operations

   MySQL Server (version 3.23-max and all versions 4.0 and
above) supports
   transactions with the InnoDB and BDB transactional
storage engines.

Oracle played that one very well.

BDB is used in many other applications, aside from MySQL.

On 2/15/06, Kieran Lal <kierancivicspacelabs.org>
wrote:
> On Feb 15, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Khalid B wrote:
>
> htt
p://www.mysql.com/products/maxdb/features.html
>
> No. It doesn't have transactions. Only InnoDB and BDB
do.
> "MaxDB is a heavy-duty, SAP-certified open source
database for OLTP(Online
> transaction processing) and OLAP(Online Application
process) usage which
> offers high reliability, availability, scalability and
a very comprehensive
> feature set."
>
> From htt
p://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb/pdf/whitepaper.pdf
>
> "MaxDB is never in transactionless mode."
>
> "MaxDB is additionally available as open source
under the GNU General Public
> Licence (GPL), the most popular open source
license."

Interesting. So there is a documentation bug here.

Khalid B wrote:
>>>I am much more hopeful about MySQL MaxDB, http://www.mysql.com/
>>>products/maxdb/, which is used to run some of
the largest enterprise
>>>databases for SAP.
>>
>>Seems to have referential integrity.Not clear to me
if it has transactions
>>or not (doesn't say).
> 
> No. It doesn't have transactions. Only InnoDB and BDB
do.
> 
> Oracle played that one very well.


Oh, for chrissakes.  That's enough.

a)  MySQL is GPLed

b)  InnoDB and BDB engines in MySQL are also GPLed

c)  ...


...there is no c).  Nothing changes.  This is a complete
waste of bandwidth, as well as being wildly off-topic
and in no small way misinformed.

Please stop now.



jh