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Tokutek Selected as a Finalist for O’Reilly Strata Conference
We are excited to announce that we’ve been named as one of ten finalists selected for the startup showcase at the O’Reilly Strata “Making Data Work” Conference at the end of this month in Santa Clara,...
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Optimizer tracing used by others!
In a previous post, I had explained how to use MySQL's optimizer tracing, a new feature which appeared in MySQL 5.6.3.As a developer, it feels really good to see others adopt my work and make something...
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[MySQL][Spider][VP]Spider-2.28 VP-0.17 released
I'm pleased to announce the release of Spider storage engine version 2.28(beta) and Vertical Partitioning storage engine version 0.17(beta).Spider is a Storage Engine for database...
View ArticleMySQL, MariaDB, XtraDB, et al Downloads
Similar to my other catch-all pages on Server Variables, Changelogs, and Documentation, I’ve added a new ‘Downloads’ section. Basically, it’s just a single source containing links to all of your...
View ArticleLinux Documentation Writer Wanted!
The Oracle Linux and Virtualization Documentation Team is seeking an experienced Technical Writerwith a focus on writing documentation for the Oracle Linux product. (The MySQL Documentation Team is...
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InnoDB disabled if ib_logfile files corrupted
I recently came across a dev VM running MySQL 5.0.77 (an old release, 28 January 2009) that didn’t have InnoDB available. skip-innodb wasn’t set, SHOW VARIABLES LIKE '%innodb%' looked as expected, but...
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MySQL 5.6 Partitons and Subpartititions
At yesterdays MySQL Tech Tour in Dallas, a gentleman asked how to not only partition data but also store the indexes on other disks as a way of reducing I/O contention on drives.That struck a chord...
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Filesorts, Secondary Indexes and the Importance of Covering Indexes
Here's a question that was driving me crazy: Why do these two explain plans look different?explain select a from test order by...
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New MySQL Troubleshooting Book
I was searching around and was pleasantly surprised when I ran across this new MySQL Troubleshooting book by Sveta Smirnova: “MySQL Troubleshooting – What To Do When Queries Don’t Work”...
View ArticleLog Buffer #258, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
Database blogging is more than about announcing that your last night’s backup was successful. While that’s extremely important to keep track of, the database world across Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server...
View ArticleCall for Nominations for 2012 MySQL Community Awards
An annual tradition of the upcoming MySQL user conference is the awards ceremony. Last year we introduced the opportunity for everyone in the community to nominate candidates and this was a big...
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Book Review: OCA Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I: A real-world...
Good books on databases are rare. So permit me to step out of my normal MySQL-centric role and review a new book that is very good and covers a lot of generic relational database territory while also...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 78: Removing Evil Queries, part 2
Registration for Percona Live: MySQL Conference and Expo is open! The conference is from Tuesday, April 10th through Thursday, April 12th at the Santa Clara, CA convention center. Early bird pricing...
View ArticleUser Group Videos....
I have been attempting to be better about letting folks in the general MySQL world know when the videos from the Boston MySQL User Group are up. We have a great group, with anywhere from 20-50...
View ArticleBuilding MariaDB 5.3 on Windows
I just wanted to share my steps for building MariaDB 5.3 on Windows. (Note, this is not much different than the instructions Wlad posted here). But, things are not always so smooth, and of course I ran...
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Why not make a tool to improve existing configurations?
A couple of users of our very popular MySQL Configuration Wizard have submitted feedback such as “I’d love to input my existing server settings and get suggestions on how to improve it.” This sounds...
View ArticleBugs Page for MySQL and Friends
After completing my recent ‘downloads‘ page (similar to my ‘changelogs‘, ‘documentation‘, and ‘server variables‘ pages), it occurred to me that I should add a ‘bugs‘ page as well. So, I’ve added a bug...
View ArticleAnnouncing Percona XtraBackup 1.6.5
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraBackup 1.6.5 on 10 February, 2012 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). This release is purely composed of...
View ArticleAnnouncing Percona Server 5.1.61-13.2
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.1.61-13.2 on February 10th, 2012 (Downloads are available from Percona Server 5.1.61-13.2 downloads and from the Percona Software...
View ArticleMySQL is destroying my Umlauts
This is the english translation of an article in my german blog. This article, like the german original, is licensed CC-BY-SA. The english translation has been kindly provided by Tobias Klausmann....
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