Re: [cowiki-dev] Releasing coWiki with the "working" parser

Quoting Paul Hanchett <[email protected]>:

> Daniel T. Gorski wrote:
>
>> On 13 Jul 08:01, Paul Hanchett wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Apparently Daniel is checking to see if the database supports 
>>> InnoDB, and if it doesn't the install fails and you can't get any 
>>> further.  :-(
>>
>> Using a non-transactional persistence engine like MyISAM with coWiki (or
>> better any software) is negligent, thats all.
>>
>> The installer process fails (or better: stops with a qualified message) to
>> avoid any "wrong security feeling" for the user.
>>
>> We decided to support MySQL >= 4.0 which supports InnoDB without problems
>> and I don't really see where the problems are now. Maybe it would be better
>> to concentrate on other important issues. This one is solved IMO.
>>
> 4.0 does not universally support InnoDB Daniel.  Nor does 4.1.  The
> InnoDB engine has to be explicitly turned on and it may not be in all
> hosting situations.  I am really quite disappointed in this.

 From the mysql.com website:

4.1: 'The Standard binaries are recommended for most users, and includes the
InnoDB storage engine.'

4.0: 'The Standard binaries are recommended for most users, and includes the
InnoDB storage engine.'

One has to turn InnoDB support explicitely off, not on!

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Bye, Hakan
-- 
Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz

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