# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2005-07-14 00:57:57 -0400:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 02:46:01PM +1000, Neil Conway wrote:
> > Vivek Khera wrote:
> > >The first sentence rules out MySQL, so the second sentence should  read 
> > >"So that leaves Postgres".  Your problem is solved ;-)
> > >
> > >(If you are accustomed to Oracle, you are probably expecting an ACID  
> > >database, which rules out MySQL too).
> > 
> > Does MySQL with InnoDB not qualify as an ACID-compliant database?
> 
> Not if you intermix InnoDB tables with MyISAM tables, which AFAIK many
> people seem to do.

    MyISAM tables are/were useful for poor man's sequences exactly
    because rollback doesn't affect them.

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