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by chris_wot 3748 days ago
I'd be asking the lecturer to change yo a different textbook...
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iamcreasy 3748 days ago
What's wrong with the current book?

This is what we are reading : Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management 11th Edition

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chris_wot 3748 days ago
Anything that uses MySQL as a teaching example is just plain wrong.
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brianwawok 3748 days ago
Why? It demos the basic concepts fine. Maybe they can use MariaDB instead?
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chris_wot 3746 days ago
It also encourages students to use MySQL. If they were concerned with cost, they should have just picked Postgres.
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