https://ronaldbradford.com/tags/mysql-or-oracle-dba/ Recent content in Mysql or Oracle Dba on Enterprise Data Architect | Principal Data Strategist | MySQL Subject Matter Expert | Author | Speaker Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:11:09 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/dont-assume-data-integrity-2010-03-06/ Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:11:09 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/dont-assume-data-integrity-2010-03-06/ MySQL has the same level of data integrity for numbers and strings as Oracle; when MySQL is correctly configured. By default (a reason I wish I knew why it is still the default), MySQL performs silent conversions on boundary conditions of data that will result in your data not always being what is specified.