[Maria-discuss] New KB Question: millisecond part is trimmed away when saving Java Date obj by hibernate

2012-02-14 Thread Daniel Bartholomew
A new question has been posted in the Knowledgebase: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/millisecond-part-is-trimmed-away-when-saving-java-date-obj-by-hibernate Hi, I recently upgraded my MySQL DB to MariaDB for millisecond support. I can see the millisecond part i

Re: [Maria-discuss] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-14 Thread Marc Deslauriers
On Mon, 2012-02-13 at 10:11 -0600, Robbie Williamson wrote: > On 02/13/2012 01:20 AM, Eddie Bachle wrote: > > I would like to say we would still switch, or still heavily consider it > > for the grains that could be made by using Ubuntu, however > > realistically, the lack of native MySQL in any OS

Re: [Maria-discuss] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-14 Thread Fabio T. Leitao
>From MariaDB FAQ page: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/why-is-the-project-called-mariadb "The 'MySQL' name is trademarked by Oracle, and they have chosen to keep that trademark to themselves. The name MySQL (just like the MyISAM storage engine) comes from Monty's first daughter "My". MariaDB continues

Re: [Maria-discuss] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-14 Thread Fabio T. Leitao
For those who have not followed this up closely, a little history. Remember that MariaDB is not just "compatible" with MySQL, but it kind of IS MySQL, forked and re-branded. In 2009, even before Oracle has purchased Sun, Monty Widenius (one of the original creators of MySQL and architects) has le

Re: [Maria-discuss] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-14 Thread Diego Xirinachs
I currently use Mysql but dont have technical knowledge about it, I just use it because the programs I use for web development uses it (like wordpress), so, If I would get the same features and stability while on MariaDB, I would encourage the move. Most people who are not database-savvy wont even