2/7     What the hell?  Is there configuration option to make mysql behave
        reasonably?  By "reasonably" I mean, when a user tries to put in
        the wrong data type i'd like it to fail and throw an error, not just
        say "hmmm, I'll just put a '0' there instead". -crebbs
mysql> desc hi;
+-------+------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
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9/28    http://sqlzoo.napier.ac.uk/cgi-bin/oliver/gisq.htm
        A gentle introduction to SQL, with how-to's for many different DBs
        \_ keywords: oracle informix sybase postgres mysql
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4/7     Does postgreSQL or mysql have anything like Oracle Advanced
        Security?
        \_ obUsePostGresInsteadOfMySQL
        \_ What is OAS?
        \_ err, OAS doesn't seem like a database product to me so much as a
           suite of network security applications.  So... doubt it.
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3/26    FBI to scratch their Virtual Case File after squandering millions of
        dollars. So here is my question. How is it implemented? Is it using
        Java/J2EE/Sybase or C or something else?
        http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151421,00.html
        \_ They probably followed these guidelines:
           http://mindprod.com/unmain.html
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1/5     So who else thinks that Linux Kernel Development has gone haywire?
        WTF is up with this movement from an 8k to a 4k stack in the kernel
        that breaks tons of existing drivers that are ported over from
        Windows? And wtf is this crap doing on production distros like
        Fedora? Don't they realize that if you're going to have a large
        install base that you can't arbitrarily do crap like that anymore?
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4/8     In SQL, say I have two tables, one references to another. What is the
        query that will list all the entries in the first table that doesn't
        occur in the second table? I'd like to do "SELECT a.id FROM
        a,b WHERE a.id!=b.id". However, this doesn't quite work. Thanks.
        \_ The following works in PostgreSQL; I don't know if the IS NULL
           syntax is part of SQL or an extension. Note that, in Postgres,
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3/25    Do you need to install a special DBI module for PostgreSQL or it's
        built in Perl5 already?
        \_ AFAIK, you need the correct DBD module (Pg.pm) for PostgreSQL.
           This isn't part of Perl. On RH you can install a perl-DBD-Pg-1.x
           rpm which should include everything you need. On FreeBSD make
           install in /usr/ports/databases/p5-DBD-Pg should give you
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3/25    Ok please tell me the pros/cons of mysql vs. postgreSQL. For me
        speed is really really important. On the other hand, packaging
        (ease of install, consistent commands, etc) is also very important
        for development. I've just tried mysql for the first time and I'm
        NOT very impressed. The documentation that came with it was outdated
        (some of the tutorials didn't work) and it didn't even pass all of
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1/29    MySQL vs. PostgreSQL. Discuss.
        \_ MySQL for easy setup, PG for anything important / heavy writes.
        \_ c'mon... just do a little google'ing. you'll get a much more
           thorough answer than you will from here. in particular check
           out the postgres website... or http://openacs.org
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6/10    What is the backend for Nasdaq/NYSE/etc? Compaq? Sun clusters? HP?
        \_ for "etc" ask keithyw@csua, he works at Nikko+Citigroup in .jp
           as a sysadmin for their trader stations/backend stuff.  He keeps
           bitching about solaris so I'm guessing it's sun.
        \_ obGoogle "Nasdaq servers".
           \- helo does anyone know what the Fed's Master Computer
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