Innobase Oy declares MySQL/InnoDB-3.23 stable starting from version 3.23.49.

Helsinki, February 28, 2002

Innobase Oy has decided to declare MySQL/InnoDB-3.23 officially stable starting from the version 3.23.49. InnoDB tables are included in the MySQL-Max-3.23 distribution which is available for download from http://www.mysql.com. InnoDB tables provide transactions, row level locking, and foreign key constraints to MySQL.

There is now extensive real-world experience from the use of MySQL/InnoDB-3.23. In a December 2001 poll at the MySQL AB website, 10 % of the 3000 answerers said that they use primarily InnoDB type tables in MySQL. Based on the daily download rate, MySQL is estimated to have 3 million users worldwide.

InnoDB tables are used at several database sites to get the best performance under a high database load. The InnoDB user stories page http://www.innodb.com/userstories.html lists some of these InnoDB users.

Mytrix, Inc. is maybe the largest MySQL database site in the world, storing more than a terabyte of data, and it runs on InnoDB tables. SelectBourse tracks Nasdaq and and Paris Stock Exchange trades in its application, which runs on InnoDB tables and handles 1200 inserts/second. Also the popular Internet news site Slashdot.org runs on InnoDB tables.

For more information on InnoDB, please see the InnoDB website http://www.innodb.com.

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