My understanding was that MySQL was not yet an Acid database, in that it didn't support transactions and rollback. This may have changed though. You might also check out SapDB at www.sapdb.org which is a full blown opensource database.

Mike

>>Check this from the MySQL site documentation re. Triggers
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>>Glenn
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>Thanks. So triggers and stored procedures are not yet implemented, but they are planning for it.
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>Do you think this current lack of triggers is a serious disadvantage? Are you aware of other serious shortcommings of MySQL, compared to a more expensive database server?
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>And finally, would you recommend MySQL, despite the fact that it seems to have some limitations?
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>Hilmar.