In a long awaited press release, MySQL has finally released MySQL 4.1 as it’s recommended version. Finally, there are enterprise-level features available in the popular database platform:
- Subqueries and Derived Tables
- GUI and Configuration Wizards for Windows and Linux providing an easier mechanism for optimization.
- OpenSSL encrypted transport protocols.
- Smaller memory footprint.
- New GIS spatial field type for geographic information.
- Full text search.
Let’s see how quickly server admins upgrade. These are significant improvements. Onward and upward to MySQL 5.0!
Aaron
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About the Author: Aaron Brazell is the lead editor of Technosailor.com and a social media expert. His passion is to see companies and individuals use the internet and web technologies wisely and effectively to promote their brands and companies. He is Business Development Manager for Lijit and he worked as Director of Technology at b5media from 2005-2008 and is currently an independent consultant.
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