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Jul 10, 2002, 12:36 #1SitePoint Member
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Hi everybody,
I am thinking to develop my first project with PHP and mySQL. There must be a relational database and a datawarehouse. I have made a little search on the net about mySQL whether it is a relational database and whether it is good enough to support a datawarehouse application but I couldn't find satisfactory answers.
Can anybody tell me that, whether mySQL is a full relational database or should I use another database.
Thanks,
Tony.
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Jul 10, 2002, 13:32 #2Mlle. Ledoyen
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Moved to a more appropriate forum
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Jul 10, 2002, 13:53 #3Yugo full of anvils
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Strictly speaking, mySQL is not a "full" relational database. It lacks things like foreign key support. It is also very fast at reads, but much slower at database writes due to its table-level locking.
If relational data integrity, transaction support etc are important, have a look at Postgres (or DB2/Sybase/Oracle) instead. There's a free Linux version of Sybase ASE that might do the job.
Comments, MattR?
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