* Christopher Sawtell <csawtell@paradise.net.nz>:
> Widely used as a very fast read only database. Backs _many_ web sites.
> Locking at the table level only, thus update of the database best done when
> effectively in single-user-mode. Transactions implemented using external
> methods.
The version with InnoDB has row-level locking and transactions. (And
is supposedly very fast, unlike the BDB-tables.)
http://www.innodb.com/
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johs