9 Jul
1999
9 Jul
'99
5:01 p.m.
The MySQL solution to doing transactions is to instead do table locking. At least, this is what the docs say (see section 5.4). By not supporting transactions, this makes the database 2-3x faster (claimed). An exerpt:
<SNIP GOOD MySQL Info> Andy: Wow! Thanks a million for the detailed info! We'll take this new scoop into account for the MySQL decision/effort. --Rob