Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: >>> Ah, well #1 on his list then is to figure out what he is running! >> LOL, I know it sounds quite noobish, coming across like I've no idea >> what DBMS it is running on. The system currently runs on MySQL but >> part of my update requirement was to decouple the DBMS so that we can >> make an eventual switch to postgresql. >> >> Hence the solution cannot be dependent on some specific MySQL functionality. > > > mysql's isam tables have a reputation for surviving just about anything > ...or people just didn't notice the loss of unflushed data since there weren't any relational constraints to break. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com