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The Q4M queue backend storage engine for MySQL 5.1 doesn't seem to have been gaining much interest recently, probably because many don't consider it stable enough to move into a production environment because of the combined risk of upgrading to MySQL 5.1 and adding a new possibly experimental backend storage engine to it....

With MySQL taking on more and more advanced features such as triggers, stored procedures and stored functions - and the whole SOA conundrum, how do you connect your database to the service bus with little to no hassle?...

Since converting to PDO for almost all the database interaction I do I've not really had any bad experiences, sure I got a few crashes here and there early on, but since then it's been pretty good....

I don't know how many times I've lectured people on the do's and dont's or given advice on forums, but the most common thing I see people doing is "over-tuning" first without considering the real impact it will have on the system....