Re: MySQL -- was mysql backup quesiton

["markw-4" <user=5@nabble.blu.org>]

 Matt Shields wrote: 
> On Jan 5, 2008 1:02 PM,  <[hidden email]> wrote: 
>   
>>> On Jan 5, 2008 10:00 AM, Fred at PlanetaryServer.com 
>>> <[hidden email]> wrote: 
>>>       
>>>> I strongly recommended knowing well all the mysqldump options. Very 
>>>> powerful tool in the right hands. 
>>>> 
>>>> -Fred 
>>>>         
>>> I suspect that is why so many people do not like MySQL.  They don't 
>>> know how to use it properly.  If people would take the time to learn 
>>> MySQL they would see it's very powerful and can do anything they need 
>>> when used properly and tuned. 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> -matt 
>>>       
>> I find that people who really like MySQL tend not to know much about 
>> databases, I know that this is a generalization that sounds like flame 
>> bait, but it is my observation, feel free to disagree. 
>>     
> 
> Actually I do, I've been doing DBA work for near 10 years, a mix of 
> MSSQL, Sybase, Postgresql, MySQL and not an expert but have used 
> Oracle.  I'm not a fulltime DBA, but I know more than most DBA's I've 
> dealt with.