>>>>> "Shridhar" == Shridhar Daithankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Shridhar> Yeah.. like inserting a biiig number in integer field in a transaction Shridhar> without error and not getting it back after commit.. or accepting Shridhar> '00-00-00 00:00:00' as a valid datetime stamp.. something like that.. Shridhar> How much deviation is that from ACID? 180 degrees...:-) Unverified, but you can apparently try to store a huge number into a short integer, and MySQL silently truncates to maxint. No error. No warning. No place for it in a real business environment. :( -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
