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[Muhammed Sameer <address@concealed>]

Salaam,

We have been using mysql over the year, since I installed sympa,  have more 
than 5000 subscriber entries and 235 lists and two robots.

Its been a stable journey this far.

wa salaam,
Muhammed Sameer


--- On Wed, 7/1/09, address@concealed <address@concealed> 
wrote:

> From: address@concealed <address@concealed>
> Subject: [sympa-users] MySQL vs Oracle for new installation
> To: address@concealed
> Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 4:32 PM
> We're a new site installing Sympa for
> the first time, and a question has come
> up about whether MySQL is preferred over Oracle for use
> with Sympa.  In the
> process of installing and testing Sympa I found two bugs in
> the Oracle support
> which do not affect MySQL.  It turns out one was
> already in the bug tracker,
> and I added the other one.  Our site generally prefers
> to use Oracle, but we
> can also use MySQL.  My experience so far make me
> wonder whether Oracle is the
> best choice for Sympa.
> 
> I've been asked to find out whether many sites use Sympa
> with Oracle, and
> whether they've had problems due to Oracle.  I'd also
> appreciate any advice
> from the developers regarding this issue.
> 
> Peter
>