[dba-SQLServer]Re: Access to MySQL

I have not used it.  It is Borland's InterBase reborn
as an open source DB like MySql.  I read some stuff on
it and it looked a lot better than MySql as far as features.

At 12:01 PM 11/13/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> > From: Mark L. Breen [mailto:subs1847 at solution-providers.ie]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 1:39 AM
> > To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
> > Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer]Re: Access to MySQL
> >
> >
> > Hello Robert,
> >
> > I have never used MySQL, but I am gobsmacked,
> >
> > Only last night I had a discussion with my brother about the
> > benefits to a
> > developer if he could develop in MySQL also.  However, if it does not
> > support Ref Integrity and does not support Sproc's (at the
> > moment, I saw the
> > note about Version 5), then I think that this is a db I would
> > not consider,
> >
> > also, if it currently has these limitations, I have to wonder
> > what other
> > limitations it has,
> >
> > I think that I am back to MSDE for the moment,
> >
> > Is Firebird much better than MySQL, I have never heard of it?
> >
> > Thanks for the info,
> >
> > Mark