> > > The weird thing now is that the MySQL folks claim that the InnoDB table
> > > type supports ACID-compliant transactions with all four isolation levels
> > > and even support of the MVCC model. Well, this is off-topic here, but I
> > > do find it somewhat strange.
> > >
> > Watch carefully what MySQL claims. I had a long argument with Monty in
> > which he claimed that the original MyISAM supported ACID transactions
> > with the simple restriction that each transaction consisted of one
> > statement.
>
> Ann, I hope you're not serious here :-)

I do believe she is :-) The MySQL people do have some strange ideas
about how they comply with SQL standard definitions....

Paul