> Some other features that could be added to these table:
>
> - transactions, atomic execution of statements
> (Oracle introducedd in v3! What about MySQL ?)

Multiple statements: as an add-on (InnoDB) in MySQL 3.something.
Standard installed in v4 -> check release date for MySQL 4.0...

> - nonblocking queries (Oracle - v3)
>
> - distributed transactions (two phase commits) - Oracle v7 - 1992

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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