mysql driver manual: A libdbi driver providing connectivity to MySQL databases using libmysqlclient.
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# 4.1. MySQL (mis)features

- To allow for row seeking, results are loaded into memory. This is very inefficient and may provide a bottleneck for large applications.

- DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE and TIME are all treated as the DBI type DATETIME. This is currently a string, but will change in later releases.

- The DECIMAL type is treated as a string, as it has arbitrary precision.

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