Re: MySQL 5 comparison - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From David Fetter
Subject Re: MySQL 5 comparison
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Msg-id 20050106020139.GB7264@fetter.org
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In response to Re: MySQL 5 comparison  (Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql@empires.org>)
Responses Re: MySQL 5 comparison  (Hans-Jürgen Schönig <postgres@cybertec.at>)
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On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 05:37:19PM -0800, Jeff Davis wrote:
> What caught my eye is the "strict mode".  I wonder if they are going
> to start promoting the reporting of errors?  Right now MySQL seems
> to have the philosophy that "if the input is wrong, it is better to
> do something than nothing" (e.g. inserting Feb 31st into a date
> field).

Right.

> Perhaps they're trying to change that philosophy slowly with this
> strict mode?

If that change is coming, it's coming slowly.  "strict mode" is not
the default, nor are there plans to make it so :P

Cheers,
D
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