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crieg · 11-14-2007, 06:51 AM

I want to know the dfferance between these two versions of MySQL. Some companies offers both versions.
So which one is better to choose?

antisemit · 11-21-2007, 07:56 AM

Think it depends on your needs first of al.

grigor · 11-28-2007, 03:10 AM

I know that some companies offers both versions of MySQL 4 and MySQL 5. Among these companies I can mention A2hosting.com as they support PHP 5.2.4, MySQL 4.1.x, MySQL 5.0.x, PostgreSQL 8.2.x, Ruby on Rails 1.2.x. I think it's done for clients' convenience.

lmergen · 11-28-2007, 03:28 AM

On an application-level, MySQL 5 offers more features, but I can imagine some applications don't support the newer version of MySQL, and thus require MySQL 4.

So I think those companies offer MySQL 4 and MySQL 5 for backwards compatibility -- if you're developing a new application, then, without a doubt, go for MySQL 5.

VP-Kaumil · 12-06-2007, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crieg

I want to know the dfferance between these two versions of MySQL. Some companies offers both versions.
So which one is better to choose?

Really depends on the type of application you're trying to run or build. For most causes, MySQL 4 does the trick. Won't be far off until all the hosts start to make the switch over to MySQL 5.

alemcherry · 06-23-2008, 10:00 AM

Go for mysql 5, to be future proff. In most cases, there wont be any differecnce,as of now.

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11-21-2007, 07:56 AM	#2
antisemit Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 43	Think it depends on your needs first of al.

11-28-2007, 03:10 AM	#3
grigor Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 39	I know that some companies offers both versions of MySQL 4 and MySQL 5. Among these companies I can mention A2hosting.com as they support PHP 5.2.4, MySQL 4.1.x, MySQL 5.0.x, PostgreSQL 8.2.x, Ruby on Rails 1.2.x. I think it's done for clients' convenience.

11-28-2007, 03:28 AM	#4
lmergen Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Enschede, The Netherlands Posts: 186	On an application-level, MySQL 5 offers more features, but I can imagine some applications don't support the newer version of MySQL, and thus require MySQL 4. So I think those companies offer MySQL 4 and MySQL 5 for backwards compatibility -- if you're developing a new application, then, without a doubt, go for MySQL 5.

06-23-2008, 10:00 AM	#6
alemcherry Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 46	Go for mysql 5, to be future proff. In most cases, there wont be any differecnce,as of now.