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MySQL Gotchas - I don't use MySQL anymore mostly because PostgreSQL (installing it, admin tasks, etc.) does everything I need at the speed I need. I'm very surprised by all the cases in MySQL where, if you're going against some specification (like trying to insert an overflowing 99999999999999 into a INT column) it silently tries to massage what you're doing into something that works. The silently part is what kills me -- not something you'd expect from your database.
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