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@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ new features. Additional features will be incorporated into
MySQL 4.0.1, 4.0.2 onwards; very probably within a couple of months,
MySQL 4.0 will be labelled beta. Further new features will then
be added in MySQL 4.1, which is targeted for alpha release
in early 2002.
in third quarter 2002.
@node Nutshell Ready for Immediate Development Use, Nutshell Embedded MySQL, Nutshell Stepwise Rollout, MySQL 4.0 In A Nutshell
@ -4780,7 +4780,7 @@ MySQL Server offers the following advantages over PostgreSQL:
@itemize @bullet
@item
@code{MySQL} Server is generally much faster than PostgreSQL. MySQL
4.0.1 has also a query cache that can boost up the query speed for
4.0.1 also has a query cache that can boost up the query speed for
mostly-read-only sites many times.
@item
@ -4963,29 +4963,6 @@ same time. @xref{DELETE}.
PostgreSQL currently offers the following advantages over MySQL Server:
Note that because we know the MySQL road map, we have included in the
following table the version when MySQL Server should support this feature.
Unfortunately we couldn't do this for previous comparison, because we
don't know the PostgreSQL roadmap.
@multitable @columnfractions .35 .30
@item @strong{Feature} @tab @strong{MySQL version}
@item Subselects @tab 4.1
@item Foreign keys @tab 4.0 and 4.1
@item Views @tab 4.2
@item Stored procedures @tab 4.1
@item Extensible type system @tab Not planned
@item Unions @tab 4.0
@item Full join @tab 4.0 or 4.1
@item Triggers @tab 4.1
@item Constraints @tab 4.1
@item Cursors @tab 4.1 or 4.2
@item Extensible index types like R-trees @tab R-trees are planned for 4.2
@item Inherited tables @tab Not planned
@end multitable
Other reasons someone may consider for using PostgreSQL:
@itemize @bullet
@item
Standard usage in PostgreSQL is closer to ANSI SQL in some cases.
@ -4993,9 +4970,6 @@ Standard usage in PostgreSQL is closer to ANSI SQL in some cases.
@item
One can speed up PostgreSQL by coding things as stored procedures.
@item
For geographical data, R-TREES makes PostgreSQL better than MySQL Server.
@item
The PostgreSQL optimiser can do some optimisation that the current MySQL
optimiser can't do. Most notable is doing joins when you don't have the
@ -14517,7 +14491,7 @@ large systems. You can copy @file{my-xxxx.cnf} to your home directory
All MySQL clients that support option files support the
following options:
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@multitable @columnfractions .45 .55
@item @strong{Option} @tab @strong{Description}
@item --no-defaults @tab Don't read any option files.
@item --print-defaults @tab Print the program name and all options that it will get.
@ -36403,7 +36377,7 @@ Transactional @code{InnoDB} tables that have been changed will be invalidated
when a @code{COMMIT} is performed.
A query cannot be cached if it contains one of the functions:
@multitable @columnfractions .25 .30 .25 .35
@multitable @columnfractions .25 .25 .25 .25
@item @strong{Function} @tab @strong{Function}
@tab @strong{Function} @tab @strong{Function}
@item @code{User Defined Functions} @tab @code{CONNECTION_ID}
@ -36416,7 +36390,8 @@ A query cannot be cached if it contains one of the functions:
@tab @code{DATABASE} @tab @code{ENCRYPT} (with one parameter)
@item @code{LAST_INSERT_ID} @tab @code{RAND}
@tab @code{UNIX_TIMESTAMP} (without parameters) @tab @code{USER}
@item @code{BENCHMARK}
@item @code{BENCHMARK} @tab
@tab @tab
@end multitable
Nor can a query be cached if it contains user variables,
@ -40496,7 +40471,7 @@ the @code{[Servername]} section of an @code{ODBC.INI} file or
through the @code{InConnectionString} argument in the
@code{SQLDriverConnect()} call.
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@multitable @columnfractions .15 .20 .65
@item @strong{Parameter} @tab @strong{Default value} @tab @strong{Comment}
@item user @tab ODBC (on Windows) @tab The username used to connect to MySQL.
@item server @tab localhost @tab The hostname of the MySQL server.