Fabricio Araujo wrote:

> Milan Babuskov escreveu:
> > Helen Borrie wrote:
> > > In databases, if there is a race between consistency and
> usefulness, consistency always wins.
> >
> > Depends whether you include MySQL in 'databases' ;)
>
> Wooow... That was bloody ;-)

Don't get me wrong, I do use MySQL in production, so I'm talking from my
own experience. YMMV.

For me, the choice is very simple: if you need some MySQL specific
feature or just a SQL interface to super-fast flat file, go with MySQL -
speed-wise it beats anything else hands down. If you need consistency,
complex business logic without having to consider if the bug is in your
application code or database engine - go with Firebird.

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Milan Babuskov
http://www.flamerobin.org
http://www.guacosoft.com