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Links against MySQL

Last Updated: 14-June-2018

  1. MySQL Gotchas

  2. Randal Schwartz - “PostgreSQL and MySQL - better explained”

  3. Randal Schwartz - “Misquoting JWZ about databases” - also see the commentary.

  4. Bagel Belly Blog:

    1. MySQL sucks

    2. “MySQL makes me sick”

    3. MySQL is a PITA

    4. Die, MySQL, die!

  5. Smylers - When MySQL Bites: Quirks to Watch Out For

  6. Ovid: MySQL Bug of the Day: Right Joins

  7. Ovid: MySQL Pain of the Day - subqueries.

  8. Ido Kanner - “The Cry of the Dolphins” - about incompatibility between the various MySQL storage backends.

  9. Ovid: MySQL Bug of the Day - AUTO_INCREMENT keys lock the entire table.

  10. MySQL and BitKeeper - MySQL uses BitKeeper, which is a proprietary version control system controlled by an abusive company.

  11. “Sometimes MySQL Sucks so much that You Need PostgreSQL”

  12. drbrian: MySQL Sucks - some “lovely gems from the MySQL reference manual”.

  13. “Slashdot: Slimmed Down MySQL Offshoot Drizzle is Built for the Web” - the thread contains many insightful comments.

  14. “Pulling the MySQL Triggers” by Ovid.

  15. “An Unpleasant Surprise from MySQL” by Artyom Tonkikh (in Hebrew) (19-September-2008)

  16. “David Axmark Resigns From Sun” (08-October-2008)

  17. MySQL vs. PostgreSQL on WikiVS

  18. Ovid - The Daily MySQL Hate - TRUNCATE should not be DELETE

  19. Ovid - “Tests I should Not Have to Write (for MySQL)”

  20. Monty on MySQL 5.1 (01-December-2008)

  21. “MySQL 5.1 Released, Not Quite Up To Par” (01-December-2008)

  22. “Josh Berkus: Two Great Open Source Databases Comparison”

  23. “MySQL 5.1 and Development Models” (03-December-2008)

  24. “What do you think about case-sensitive databases?” - by jdavidb on use.perl.org (04-December-2008)

  25. “Today’s Database Nightmare” by Ovid on use.perl.org (24-February-2009)

  26. “MySQL Stupidity” on davorg’s use.perl.org blog (25-February-2009)

  27. Ovid: “Throwing Away All of My Trigger Work” (27-February-2009)

  28. Ovid: “Trigger and SUPER and Ovid’s *LIES*!” (02-March-2009)

  29. Ido Kanner: “Problems with MySQL Again” (in Hebrew) (02-March-2009)

  30. Some Abstract Type! - “MySQL 5.1 mysqlhotcopy and log tables: check your backup scripts!” (12-March-2009)

  31. Ido Kanner: “Why I find MySQL to be so bad” (15-March-2009)

  32. Slashdot: “Locating the Real MySQL” (30-March-2009)

  33. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: “Which SQL is MySQL?” (31-March-2009)

  34. LWN.net: “A Look at the MySQL Forks” (22-April-2009)

  35. “Sun Announces New MySQL, Michael Widenius Forks” - on Slashdot (23-April-2009)

  36. “Who Owns Commercial Open Source – and Can Forks Work?” - by Glyn Moody, on LinuxJournal (23-April-2009)

  37. “MySQL: Forked Beyond Repair?” - on OSNews.com (21-May-2009)

  38. “Has MySQL Forked Beyond Repair?” - on Slashdot (21-May-2009)

  39. “Widenius Warns Against MySQL Falling Into Oracle’s Hands” - on Slashdot (13-December-2009)

  40. “PostgreSQL 9.0 Released” - on Slashdot (20-September-2010).

  41. Artyom Tonkikh: “MySQL is indeed a toy - or rollback mysteriously does not work with InnoDB” - in Hebrew. (27-November-2010)

  42. Ovid: “My Top MySQL Gripes” - on blogs.perl.org (5-September-2012).

  43. grimoire.ca: “Do Not Pass This Way Again (Considering MySQL: Use something else.)” - an article similar to “PHP: a fractal of bad design” only for MySQL.

  44. “Things that annoy me in PHP and MySQL” - by Ido Kanner (in Hebrew) (17-October-2013).

  45. “In MySQL, never use ‘utf8’. Use ‘utf8mb4’.” - by Adam Hooper (13-May-2016).

  46. MySQL a “pretty poor database” says departing Oracle engineer • The Register - (06-December-2021).

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