Re: MySQL drops BDB engine

From: Chander Ganesan <chander(at)otg-nc(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: MySQL drops BDB engine
Date: 2006-08-24 14:40:42
Message-ID: 44EDBA6A.6080109@otg-nc.com
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Ian Barwick wrote:
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-12.html:
>
> Incompatible change: Support for the BerkeleyDB (BDB) engine has
> been dropped from this release. Any existing tables that are in BDB
> format will not be readable from within MySQL from 5.1.12 or newer.
> You should convert your tables to another storage engine
> before upgrading to 5.1.12.
Did they backtrack on this one? I don't see the change there
(anymore?)...on the contrary, I see several changes to BDB functionality
- implying that its sticking around...

Chander Ganesan
Open Technology Group, Inc.
One Copley Parkway, Suite 210
Morrisville, NC 27560
Phone: 877-258-8987/919-463-0999

>
> One down, one to go?
>
> Regards
>
> Ian Barwick
>
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