MySQL 5.1 Improves Performance, Partitioning, Bug Fixes

kylehase writes "CIO.com has a writeup about MySQL's 5.1 release planned for next week. Among the enhancements are many bug fixes from 5.0, some of which may increase performance 20% or more, as well as 'partitioning, events scheduling, row-based replication and disk-based clustering.'"

Sounds... 'Enterprisey'

[Anonymous Coward]

AKA: Here comes the suck!

Get PostgreSQL! No, shut up! YOU shut up!

[g_adams27]

I would simply like to point out that this MySQL update is completely irrelevant because PostgreSQL has had (g_adams27, fill this part in before submitting) for a very long time, and MySQL is simply playing catchup.

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And now I would like to strongly disagree with g_adams27, who obviously doesn't realize that MySQL is an excellent choice even compared with PostgreSQL, and I wish he'd stop making silly comparisons.

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In response to that, I say: g_adams27, SHUT UP! You obviously don't recognize the fatal flaws that MySQL still has, in that it still can't (fill this part out later) even after years of development. PostgreSQL is obviously the superior option, and you can take your stupid MySQL advocacy somewhere else.

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Oh, yeah? Well maybe YOU should shut up! I can't say I'm shocked at g_adams27' mean-spirited response, because that's typical of PostgreSQL jerks. MySQL is AWESOME, and YOU need to shut up, jerk!

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Well, g_adams27, maybe you should take your TOY MySQL and go play with your dollies, while us REAL sysadmins use a REAL RDBMS to do REAL work! Idiot.

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And now, allow me, g_adams27, to step in to the middle of this debate and simply point out that you're BOTH right, and that MySQL and PostgreSQL are perfectly good choices.

Just doing my part to shorten this thread.

Re:It's nearly caught up to PostgreSQL.

[chunk08]

1. Pick tea leaves
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees farenheit
3. Arrange leaves on baking sheet
4. Bake until crispy and dry, but not burnt
5. ???
6. Profit!

Re:Get PostgreSQL! No, shut up! YOU shut up!

[Anonymous Coward]

By golly. Over a hour after this story popped up and there were only 37 comments posted. You perform magic with your words of wisdom, g_adams27!

Re:When shall we get a decent front end?

[ianare]

Toy database for small, unimportant projects? I don't think so. Access is one of the most stable, reliable, and secure DB systems out there, as the following shows so well:

Among revelations contained in the memos was information that the Microsoft Access database used by the Diebold system to collect and calculate votes was not protected by a password.

source [wired.com]

Seen this before?

[brettz9]

"5.1, though it sounds like an incremental release, has got some pretty major features," said Zack Urlocker, vice president for MySQL products at Sun, in a video postedto InfoWorld's Web site this week. "Probably, we should have called it 6.0, because there's so much stuff in there and we've been working on it for a couple of years."

Hmm...Or maybe the marketers at Sun should give the name the grandeur it deserves and change it to MySQL 2 Standard Edition version 6...