[isf-wifidog] MySQL support

[Alexandre Carmel-Veilleux]

On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 11:26:54AM -0400, Hayden Myers wrote:
> 
> My boss wanted us to use MySQL for a similar reason.  As a postgres
> newbie, I went through the schema and ran into some issues where postgres
> specific functions were used for things such as data validation, time, and
> null values.  I went on the net and began to google on postgres and mysql
> differences to make a successful conversion.   Once I got the schema under
> control, I began to realize that a lot of the queries in the php code were
> also database specific.  I decided it was more beneficial for me to learn
> postgres and just deal with the incompatibility issues.  I think postgres
> may be a better database server than mysql anyways.  I know the version we
> have on the server doesn't support stored procedures amongst many other
> things I'm sure.  

	In the case of MySQL to PostgreSQL differences, it may be more
accurate to describe them as MySQL to SQL standard differences.

	MySQL doesn't yet have stored procedures (certainly not in
PL/SQL) but I understand 5.0 will.

Alex