RE: Off topic - Mysql
- From: "Weaver, Walt" <wweaver@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <kduret@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Oracle L (E-mail)" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:31:41 -0600
Au contraire, the MySQL list is as active as this one, with its own
group of "gurus" who do a good job of answering questions.=20
And, I've found MySQL to be at least as easy to install as Postgres.
As far as books are concerned there are more than just a few. Check out
the list at Bookpool. A good starter book is _MySQL_ by Paul Dubois.
--Walt (I'm not a database bigot) Weaver
Bozeman, Montana
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> Subject: RE: Off topic - Mysql
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> There are a few books on MySql, God only knows why. Their mailing =3D
> list(similar to this one) is quiter than a morgue. Personal=20
> opinion: =3D
> Dump MySql in favor of PostGreSql. Cheaper, easier to install (my =3D
> opinion) and much closer to Oracle.
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> Dick Goulet
> Senior Oracle DBA
> Oracle Certified 8i DBA
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