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0 pointsiamcreasy10y ago0 comments

What's wrong with the current book?

This is what we are reading : Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management 11th Edition

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Anything that uses MySQL as a teaching example is just plain wrong.

Why? It demos the basic concepts fine. Maybe they can use MariaDB instead?

It also encourages students to use MySQL. If they were concerned with cost, they should have just picked Postgres.

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0 pointsiamcreasy10y ago0 comments

What's wrong with the current book?

This is what we are reading : Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management 11th Edition

Anything that uses MySQL as a teaching example is just plain wrong.

Why? It demos the basic concepts fine. Maybe they can use MariaDB instead?

It also encourages students to use MySQL. If they were concerned with cost, they should have just picked Postgres.

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