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Incidentally, sqlite doesn't provide stored procedures, but Bedrock does (using a C++ plugin capability). Otherwise, SQLite is actually very feature rich; a subset of features are here: http://sqlite.org/fullsql.html

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Yes... but you said "More powerful", rather than just "Powerful". More implies a comparison with respect to something else... with what specifically?

Well, with respect to stored procedures, I think C++ is a far more powerful language than MySQL's SQL-based approach -- especially since Bedrock plugins can also encapsulate schema changes.

I think Bedrock's replication is definitely more more powerful than MySQL's as well.

So in general I think it's more powerful than MySQL. I'd love to hear your thoughts about where MySQL has the edge, however. Thanks!

Does it have transactions?

Yes, SQLite has transactions, and Bedrock runs all stored procedures in transactions. However, the Bedrock::DB plugin (which is just a single stored procedure: "query") doesn't expose transactions to the caller. So you couldn't, for example, call "BEGIN TRANSACTION" from the webserver, issue a few queries, and then call "COMMIT". The proper way in Bedrock (and I'd argue, for any modern database) is to package your transactions into stored procedures that execute inside the database itself.

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