Paul -- Thanks for the reply.
...and then Paul Arsenault said... % % MySQL is a relational database. % % Taken from the mysql documentation page at % http://www.mysql.org/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_Introduction.html#Features % % MySQL is a relational database management system. Hmmm... That is a pretty compelling point :-) % A relational database stores data in separate tables rather than putting % all the data in one big storeroom. This adds speed and flexibility. The % tables are linked by defined relations making it possible to combine data % from several tables on request. The SQL part of ``MySQL'' stands for % ``Structured Query Language''@-the most common standardised language used % to access databases. OK, I get that. I still have to figure out what relations really are (example help but I don't deal with employees and salaries so *my* examples would probably be more helpful :-) but I got this from a couple of DB buddies, one of whom had been a long-time mysql lover but had turned to pgres because he ran into problems under mysql (the other guy, a die-hard Oracle man, will use nothing else anyway). Now I have to go back and pin him down on what he meant since his statement so obviously contradicts the docs. % % % Paul Arsenault, CCNA % [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks & HAND :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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