Call for nominations to the MySQL Council
The MySQL council is looking for candidates for 2012. Based on community feedback, this will be an open nomination process (and you can nominate yourself). The MySQL council advocates for the MySQL...
View Articleoptimizer_switch in MariaDB
I've been spending some time looking through the new features of MariaDB 5.3, and one of the big items is an improved and configurable optimizer. Much of the functionality of the new optimizer is...
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2011, A great year for MySQL in review...
I see so many posts on what happened to company X, product Y and dream Z that I couldn't resist the temptation to summarize this great year for MySQL. At the end of 2010, Oracle did an announcement we...
View ArticleIdentifying the load with the help of pt-query-digest and Percona Server
Overview Profiling, analyzing and then fixing queries is likely the most oft-repeated part of a job of a DBA and one that keeps evolving, as new features are added to the application new queries pop up...
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Actively monitoring replication connectivity with MySQL’s heartbeat
Until MySQL 5.5 the only variable used to identify a network connectivity problem between Master and Slave was slave-net-timeout. This variable specifies the number of seconds to wait for more Binary...
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Quick (and dirty) Patch for Ruby Enterprise Edition 2011.03 to Prevent Hash...
Since there is no patch for Ruby Enterprise Edition 2011.03 to prevent the Hash Collision DoS Attack, I’ve quickly ported ruby 1.8.7 patchlevel 357 patch. Here it is:...
View ArticleMySQL at FOSDEM 2012: time to vote for program!
The deadline for proposals has passed, and there are 37 talk proposals and 12 time slots. In order to have the best possible program, we need your help. There is public voting on proposals, votes are...
View ArticleLog Buffer #252, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
As we all look forward eagerly to 2012, bloggers around the gblobe are writing about their insightful reflections on 2011. You’re also welcome to write your’s regarding to database arena in the...
View ArticleInitial impressions of InnoDB Fulltext
The much-anticipated, long-awaited, and possibly irrelevant (Sphinx? Lucene?) InnoDB Fulltext finally makes a semi-official appearance in MySQL 5.6.4! MySQL 5.6.4, release December 20, 2011, is the...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 72: Blooper Retrospective
This week we play a bunch of bloopers, some you have heard, some you haven't, as our year-end gift to you. We hope these make you laugh! Sugus candyPlanetMySQL Voting: Vote UP / Vote DOWN
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A 3-way join that touches only indexes
Can an execution of 3-way join use only indexes and not touch table rows at all? If we have MyISAM tables it's just impossible. Yet with InnoDB tables it would be possible if we could exploit so called...
View ArticleHijacking Innodb Foreign Keys
I guess I’m first to post in 2012 so Happy New Year all blog readers ! Now back to HardCore MySQL business – foreign Keys. MySQL supported Foreign Keys for Innodb for many years, yet rudimentary...
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Time to vote for MySQL sessions at FOSDEM
There is a room dedicated to MySQL at FOSDEM 2012. (Thanks to @lefred for organizing).The CfP has received 37 submissions, but there will be time slots only for 12 to 15 talks. So now it's up to the...
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Galera 2.0beta - node joining with incremental DB synchronization
Galera replication 2.0 beta has been released, get your download in https://launchpad.net/galera/2.x/22.2.0beta This release comes only with Galera library build, there are 64bit DEB and RPM packages...
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Oracle Breakfast Seminar: High Availability Solutions for MySQL in Stockholm...
Free Oracle Breakfast Seminar: High Availability Solutions for MySQLStockholm, 23rd February 2012 Web-based and business critical applications must typically be available 24/7. In addition to being...
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Percona Toolkit 2.0.1 and 1.0.2 released
I’m happy to announce that we’ve released Percona Toolkit 2.0.1, a major new version of our essential DBA toolkit, as well as a minor bugfix update to the old 1.0.x series. You can download it from the...
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FictionPress Selects TokuDB for Consistent Performance and Fast Disaster...
FictionPress Issues addressed: Support complex and efficient indexes at 100+ million rows. Predicable and consistent performance regardless of data size growth. Fast recovery. Ensuring Predictable...
View ArticleMilliseconds value support on DateTime Columns
Since the release of the 5.6 Community MySQL Server there is support for the milliseconds value in Time, TimeStamp and DateTime types. You can find more information on this new feature at...
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Intellisense Support
Intellisense Support in Visual Studio One of the cool features coming in Connector/NET 6.5 is the support in Visual Studio 2010 of Intellisense for MySql files. As you probably know, the capability...
View ArticleUsing MySqlClientPermission Class on Connector/Net 6.5 to restrict data access
We have a new feature as part of the 6.5 release. There is a new class that you can use to restrict access to specific connection strings that you want to use in all the connections in applications...
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