[Gllug] Drizzle - new SQL engine for the web from MySQL

[Andrew Farnsworth]

James Laver wrote:
> On 23/7/08 15:31, "Jason Clifford" <jason at ukfsn.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> Has anyone had a chance to play with Drizzle yet?
>>     
>
> It really is the most appalling idea. Lets take a database that just about
> does enough to let us keep calling it that and then strip back on features
> until it's quite unusable. But then who needs foreign keys and suchlike? A
> database is just to make lookups faster, not to maintain the integrity of
> your data or anything...
>
> </rant>
>
> But really, you wouldn't see postgres trying to turn themselves into
> sqlite...
>
> --James
>
>
>   
Actually, it makes a lot of sense.  Most web databases, especially for 
simple applications, don't use stored procedures at all.  This is often 
due to the fact they they are usually written by someone who barely 
knows how to create a database and will place all of the business logic 
into their application code and not in the database.  This has the 
advantage of making your application database agnostic (i.e. will run on 
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, Oracle ...).  Many people 
won't admit it, but being able to say your application runs on Oracle 
can be a real selling point when it comes to the Enterprise (No, not 
NCC1701, big business).  To many people involved in FOSS big business is 
a dirty word, but once you get out in the real world, you realise that 
business is what makes the world go around, pays the bills, and lets you 
spend time on personal projects rather than working 24/7 to make ends 
meet.  Don't get the wrong idea, in the enterprise, FOSS is not a dirty 
word by any stretch of the imagination.  A lot of companies make a lot 
of money supporting and servicing FOSS which is why companies like IBM 
have tied themselves so tightly to FOSS, contributing time, money, and 
effort into project that they don't get paid (directly) for.

Ok, that ends MY rant :-) 

Andy


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