Largest Pro: Fast at retrieving data although the largest con makes the answer you get questionable. Largest Con: Lack of native ACID compliance (commit/rollback at the end of a transaction) Basically I look on MySql as a toy. Good for rapid development but not much else. Heck I like MS Access better. Want a decent Open Source database try www.postgresql.org=20 -----Original Message----- From: David [mailto:thump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 2:11 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: mysql What are the largest pros and cons involved in discussing mysql versus Oracle? --=20 .. David -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l