BetaNews | MySQL 5.0 Ready for Primetime

BetaNews | MySQL 5.0 Ready for Primetime: "The long-awaited 5.0 release of MySQL has arrived to bring the free open source database up to par with its pricey enterprise rivals. New features include stored procedures, triggers and views, along with support for the ANSI SQL standard to ensure compatibility with other database systems.
Such features were once limited to expensive offerings from Oracle and IBM. Stored procedures enable administrators to embed business logic directly into the database to improve performance. Trigers enforce rules at the database level, while Views secure protected information"