Creating A Portable MySQL On CentOS 6 And Ubuntu 11.10 Linux From Sources
Creating A Portable MySQL On CentOS 6 And Ubuntu 11.10 Linux From Sources This tutorial shows how to create a portable MySQL installation on GNU/Linux. At the end of this guide you will obtain a...
View ArticleAnnouncing Percona XtraBackup 1.9.1
Percona is glad to announce the second beta release towards Percona XtraBackup 2.0! We call this version 1.9.1 as we are using the 1.9.x version numbers for betas of 2.0 to clearly differentiate beta...
View ArticleCustom auto increment values
The auto_increment for MySQL fields are very useful but what about if I need a custom auto-increment like a custom format like 001-000033, 001-000034 001-000035 001-000036 ... To make it possible we...
View ArticleMy favorite features in MySQL 5.6
MySQL 5.6 is going to have a lot of improvements. I want to mention a few things I think are uniquely valuable for a large set of typical MySQL users. The first is index condition pushdown. If you’ve...
View ArticleMySQL Scaling breakfast seminar – London, April 25th
I’ll be presenting on/demoing MySQL Cluster 7.2 at this free breakfast seminar in Oracle’s London office on 25th April – starting with coffee at 9:00 and ending with lunch at 13:00 (quite a generous...
View ArticleMONyog MySQL Monitor with refreshing new looks!
Hi, We are delighted to announce the release of MONyog 5.0. This release is very special. This is not one of those bug fix / feature / functionality releases. This is about complete makeover for...
View ArticleDon’t miss the SkySQL & MariaDB Solution Day on April 13, 2012
I think a lot of folks are aware of this already, but just in case anyone missed it, let me post it again, as I’m quite excited about it. What: SkySQL & MariaDB Solution Day When: April 13, 2012...
View Article2012 SouthEast LinuxFest
The 2012 SouthEast LinuxFest registration and call for papers are now live on their site. MySQL Days at SELF!"This year we are specifically seeking speakers from all over the database spectrum for Open...
View ArticleMySQL Tech Tours
MySQL Tech Tour Event – CO Springs Monday, March 12, 2012 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM Invite: http://www.oracle.com/us/dm/sev100051614-wwmk11042736mpp146-1526263.html MySQL Tech Tour Event – San Diego Wednesday,...
View ArticleVitess: Another interesting MySQL/NoSQL approach
Last week I was part of a discussion panel on SQL versus NoSQL. Many in the audience seemed to believe that you needed to be one or the other with an exclusive or. Then today I learned about Vitess, an...
View ArticleSome fun with partitions and InnoDB ...
Creating or dropping a partitioned table on InnoDB can become a quite expensive operation, on my laptop i'm seeing the following times for a simple table with 100 or 1000 partitions (using 5.1.58 right...
View ArticleMore fun with partitions, this time with MyISAM
mysql> CREATE TABLE t1 (id INT PRIMARY KEY ) engine=myisam PARTITION BY HASH(id) PARTITIONS 1000; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.18 sec) mysql> alter table t1 add column v int; ERROR 1016 (HY000):...
View ArticleContinuent and SkySQL Join Forces to Better Serve the Global MySQL Community
Continuent and SkySQL announced today a strategic partnership. SkySQL will provide its expert MySQL database software, services and support to customers of Continuent’s Tungsten Enterprise, a complete...
View ArticleEasing the lives of MySQL database administrators with Continuent
We’re excited to announce that customers & users of Continuent will now receive our expert MySQL™ database solutions, services and support when they use Continuent’s Tungsten Enterprise, a complete...
View ArticleAnnouncing MariaDB 5.3.5
Following closely on the heels of the MariaDB 5.3.4-rc release a couple of weeks ago, the MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB 5.3.5! MariaDB 5.3.5 is the first...
View ArticleNew feature: Launch command line window
After having established a MySQL or MariaDB connection, HeidiSQL offers to launch a command line window (located in the "Tools" menu). This executes mysql.exe from the directory which is set in Tools...
View ArticleWhat does pt-show-grants look like?
The OurSQL Podcast did an episode on some of the lesser-known but very useful tools in the Percona Toolkit. pt-show-grants is one of those tools that I use pretty frequently. While the manual page has...
View ArticleREPEATABLE READ vs READ COMMITTED
There are four SQL transaction isolation levels supported by InnoDB: REPEATABLE READ, READ COMMITTED, READ UNCOMMITTED, and SERIALIZABLE. Because READ UNCOMMITTED and SERIALIZABLE are rarely used, I am...
View ArticleScaleBase Adds Twenty-Five Year Marketing Veteran as Vice President of Global...
Newly appointed Paul Campaniello to bring years of emerging markets experience to growing database middleware company NEWTON, MA – March 5, 2012 – ScaleBase, the database infrastructure company,...
View ArticleAlias shortcuts to MySQL CLI
Do you get write laziness in the command line everything what you need to connect to a MySQL server every time? It may take less than minute, but sometimes one minute is vital (especially if we’re near...
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