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That's not my name! A story about character sets
When computers were still using large black text oriented screens or no screens at all, a computer only knew how to store a limited set of characters. Then it was normal to store a name with the more...
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Connector/ODBC 5.2 (5.2.0 alpha, published on Monday, 25 Jun 2012)PlanetMySQL Voting: Vote UP / Vote DOWN
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Technological hindsight; we don’t has itI just read a write-up on the latest-and-greatest database to come out in the new db wars. It’s all about how MemSQL can do 80k queries per second on a set that...
View ArticleManaging Internet Protocol Television Data. — An interview with Stefan...
” There is a variety of services possible via IPTV. Starting with live/linear TV and Video on Demand (VoD) over interactive broadcast related apps, like shopping or advertisement, up to social TV apps...
View ArticleMySQL Connect Content Catalog Live
The MySQL Connect Content Catalog is now live and you can check out the great program the content committee put together for you. We received a lot of very good submissions during the call for papers...
View ArticleHoning Performance Tuning Skills on MySQL
Get hands-on experience with techniques for tuning a MySQL Server with the Authorized MySQL Performance Tuning course. This course is designed for database administrators, database developers and...
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Volver – MySQL, NoSQL, and Cloud Conference Latin America
Volver, con la frente marchita, las nieves del tiempo platearon mi sien… Martin’s blog (Mi Buenos Aires Querido) was named after a tango, so I decided to follow his lead. The 4 lines of the refrain...
View ArticleManage your MySQL & MariaDB databases - the simple way
New quick-start guide for MySQL DBAs: SkySQL™ Enterprise Monitor makes managing your MySQL & MariaDB databases that much easier We’ve just published a new Quick Start Guide to SkySQL™ Enterprise...
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New Toy – MemSQL
We have a new toy to play with. MemSQL is a “Lock Free”, Just In TIme (GIJ) SQL compler (C++) that is MySQL client compatible. It was developed by two former Facebook developers, Eric Frenkiel and...
View ArticleSkySQL is Hiring!
SkySQL is hiring! Would you like to join a fast-paced, high-growth company where you’re able to make a difference? Please email us your CV, today, at careers@skysql.com. We look forward to hearing from...
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EdMedia 2012
I will be attending the EdMedia 2012 conference this week.This is a World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, so I look forward to seeing how we can help expand the use of MySQL for...
View ArticleAnnouncing Percona XtraBackup 2.0.1
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraBackup 2.0.1 on June 25th, 2012. Downloads are available from our download site and Percona Software Repositories. This release is the current GA...
View ArticleMeet The MySQL Experts Podcast: MySQL Utilities
Managing a MySQL database server can become a full time job. In many occasions, one MySQL DBA needs to manage multiple, even tens of, MySQL servers, and tools that bundle a set of related tasks into a...
View ArticleStop comparing stuff you don't understand
I normally don't do this. When I see someone write a blog post I don't agree with, I often just dismiss it and go on. But, this particular one caught my attention. It was titled PHP vs Node.js: Yet...
View ArticleScaling 101 - We are Failing the Next Generation
The other day Twitter was down and I had no place to comment on Twitter being down. This got us to talking about scaling at work. I was reminded of the recent slides posted from Instagram about their...
View ArticleA new MySQL backups temperature scale, with showers
We're used to Cold, Warm and Hot backups. This scale of three temperatures does not quite reflect the impact of backups on your MySQL database. In this post I offer a new backup temperature scale, and...
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Foreign keys for MySQL Cluster
features supported are:on-update/delete restricton-update/delete noactionon-update/delete setnullon-update/delete cascadeonline add/drop foreign keyThe foreign keys are implemented inside data-nodes,...
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Bootstrapping & Running MySQL server standalone on Windows
Two extra tips when you try to (manually) bootstrap MySQL on Windows from the command line: When bootstrapping, use --no-defaults or --defaults-file. Use --standalone when starting the MySQL server....
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MySQL is bazillion times faster than MemSQL
I don’t like stupid benchmarks, as they waste my time. I don’t like stupid marketing, as it wastes my time too. Sometimes I succumb to those things, and now in return I want to waste your time a bit....
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The Art of Resistance
Read the original article at The Art of ResistanceSometimes, you have to be the bad guy. Be resistant to change. Here’s a story about how stubbornness pays off.I had one experience working as the...
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