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Re: Debian for business?



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Erik Persson wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 04:49:06PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>>> MySQL does data validation:
>>>> http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/mysql-data-integrity.html
>>>>
>>>> I guess you're a little behind the curve ;)
>>> Giving the client the ability to *disable* integrity checking is
>>> *not* acceptable to any DBA worth is salt.
>>>
>> It's worse than that.  It comes turned off by default.  The DBA must
>> actively turn it on.
> 
> Well, it seems to me after reading the above link, that integrity
> checking can be turned off by the user *if he has enough privileges*.
> The statement "Giving the client the ability to [...]" is thus not
> generally true.
> So, I would not say it is worse.

How many pseudo-DBAs do GRANT ALL ON TABLE x TO PUBLIC just to make
it easy on themselves?

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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