On Wednesday 16. May 2007 15:37, Brian Hurt wrote:
>I have never understood the purpose of having more than one "backend"
> to the database. As near as I can figure, it's only purpose is to
> allow people to pick the wrong one.
In the case of MySQL, the multiple backends do serve obvious promotional
purposes. You may have noticed that pro-MySQL arguments often features
a mythical backend with the speed of MyISAM and the ACID of INNOdb.
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