MySQL 4.0.12 has been released

[Aaron Grewell]

So you're saying that InnoDB on MySQL is somewhat like ext3, an add-on to 
existing functionality rather than a fundamental change.  This seems to fit 
MySQL's place in the market.  It is useful for many people, since like ext3 
InnoDB works well for basic functionality.  It is not an Oracle killer, for 
that you need a different design.


>That's not native support.  This is a M$ example of implementing
>something that should be a _core_ part of the SQL server, not an
>afterthought (oh, we forget transactions, well, just slap InnoDB on it).
> Hey folks, we're having turkey salad, but we forgot the turkey, so just
>slap some chicken on it.

>MySQL is just a file system you can access w/ SQL commands -- an ext2
>filesystem at that.

>SQL database == ACID compliant.  MySQL != ACID compliant.