[thelist] Programming language/database suggestions?

[BT Bigpant]

>Just to clarify, MySQL offers transactions.  In fact, you have your choice
>of table types, which I see more as a benifit.

I just looked at transactions in my New Riders book MySQL by Paul DuBois,
and it says MySQL does *not* provide transactions, offering some
workarounds. Is my book out of date, ie do later versions of MySQL offer
transactions ? Please clarify.

Phil Parker