>>>>> "Shridhar" == Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar_daithankar@persistent.co.in> writes:
Shridhar> Yeah.. like inserting a biiig number in integer field in a transaction
Shridhar> without error and not getting it back after commit.. or accepting
Shridhar> '00-00-00 00:00:00' as a valid datetime stamp.. something like that..
Shridhar> How much deviation is that from ACID? 180 degrees...:-)
Unverified, but you can apparently try to store a huge number into a
short integer, and MySQL silently truncates to maxint. No error. No
warning.
No place for it in a real business environment. :(
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