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Q: Does MySQL support ACID? A: Yes

I was recently asked this question by an experienced academic at the NY Oracle Users Group event I presented at. Does MySQL support ACID? (ACID is a set of properties essential for a relational database to perform transactions , i.

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MySQL Idiosyncrasies That Bite

The following are my slides that I presented at ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010 . This presentation talks about the MySQL defaults including a non-transactional state, silent data truncations, date management, and transaction isolation options.

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