Folks,
> > Sadly, I'd be willing to bet there's a lot of professors using MySQL to
> > teach database theory. Just like there's a lot of other people who use
> > it because they don't know any better. But everyone else uses it, so it
> > must be good, right?
In my experience, universities in the US tend to use one of 3 database systems
to teach DB programming:
1) Oracle because the Uni has a campus-wide license and there's lots of good
books on Oracle.
2) MS SQL Server because the Uni is an all-Microsoft shop
3) PostgreSQL because they can take it apart
I can't say that I've encountered MySQL being used for University courses from
anyone I've talked to at conventions.
Also, shouldn't we be discussing this on -Advocacy, not -Hackers?
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco