Re: 'Official' definition of ACID compliance? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Jaime Casanova
Subject Re: 'Official' definition of ACID compliance?
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Msg-id c2d9e70e0601050908n62354638i9db44b05dd015411@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: 'Official' definition of ACID compliance?  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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On 1/5/06, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
> * Russ Brown (pickscrape@gmail.com) wrote:
> > Oh, that's a long story. We're a MySQL house that I've been trying to
> > convert to PostgreSQL one way or the other for ages (with no success as
> > yet). Note that the argument isn't about which letter the type
> > truncation applies to, but whether it actually has anything to do
> > with ACID at all in the first place. The key for me is that the result of this argument has an
> > effect on the question: "Is MySQL ACID compliant". If I'm right, it's
> > not (which has political strategic benefits to me).
>
> An even better thing to point out is that a DBA recommending MySQL isn't
> a DBA at all. :)
>

or is one that _loves risk_   ;)


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regards,
Jaime Casanova
(DBA: DataBase Aniquilator ;)

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