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How-To: Guide to Database Migration from Microsoft SQL Server using MySQL...
MySQL Workbench 5.2.41 introduces a new Migration Wizard module. This module allows you to easily and quickly migrate databases from various RDBMS products to MySQL. In this initial version, migrations...
View ArticleMySQL Workbench 5.2.41 GA + Migration Wizard Available
The MySQL developer tools team announces the availability of version 5.2.41 of the MySQL Workbench GUI tool. This version has significant improvements in several parts of the tool and also includes the...
View ArticleTo Be Or Not To Be
7I find it interesting, that many people "need" to put me in a box called CTO or VPEng. Reminds me of [ancient] Mork and Mindy, where a psychologist got miffed, when Mork successfully stuck a round peg...
View ArticlePercona XtraDB Cluster: Failure Scenarios with only 2 nodes
During the design period of a new cluster, it is always advised to have at least 3 nodes (this is the case with PXC but it’s also the same with PRM). But why and what are the risks ? The goal of having...
View ArticleMySQL Workbench 5.2.41 GA + Migration Wizard Available
The MySQL developer tools team announces the availability of version 5.2.41 of the MySQL Workbench GUI tool. This version has significant improvements in several parts of the tool and also includes the...
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Upcoming MySQL events that you should not miss !
There will be at least 3 MySQL events that you shouldn’t miss by the end of the year : MySQL Connect 2012 : September 29 & 30, 2012, San Francisco Percona live New York : October 1st & 2nd,...
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MySQL and Hadoop
Introduction "Improving MySQL performance using Hadoop" was the talk which I and Manish Kumar gave at Java One & Oracle Develop 2012, India. Based on the response and interest of the audience, we...
View ArticleThe Query Cache and Partitions
Like others we were not satisfied with the fix for a bug in MySQL which caused the query cache and partitioning to not work reliably together. The bug, in simple terms, was that if the query cache was...
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Changes in Twitter MySQL 5.5.24.t7
Earlier this week we pushed to Github the seventh iteration of Twitter MySQL. Here are some of the highlights. Bugs FixedBug#65692: Deadlock between START SLAVE and setting a system variableStarting...
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MySQL JSON import tool version 1.4 is out
This is just a quick notice that there is a new version of the JSON import tool available now. The main thing in it is that it fixes an iddues with threadinig that caused a threaded load (and this is...
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Dilbert — How long to train a DBA? Dallas MySQL Users Group Meeting
Today’s Dilbert asks how long to train a technical writer to become a Database Analyst. The answer? 45 minutes! Right now there is a big shortage of MySQL DBAs. Recently at OSCON, I asked a group how...
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Opportunity a day – career risk at bay
Read the original article at Opportunity a day – career risk at bayFree Agent. Stress Test. Avoid SamenessAs the globalization juggernaut rolls on, it continues to create more Detroits. Skills and...
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SQL Injection Questions Followup
I presented a webinar today about SQL Injection, to try to clear up some of the misconceptions that many other blogs and articles have about this security risk. You can register for the webinar even...
View ArticleProud and Excited To Be Part of the MySQL Open Source Community
Over the past few weeks since joining SkySQL as CEO, I have been meeting with team members to learn more about each person's views on the company, our customers and the industry. The team has done an...
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Indexed CSV
Why is there no index for CSV files? Indexes are very simple. If the first column of your CSV file is in sorted order you can do a binary search to find your data. But what if you need to find data...
View ArticlePerformance of MySQL Semi-Synchronous Replication Over High Latency Connections
I have seen a few posts on DBA.SE (where I answer a lot of questions) recommending the use of semi-synchronous replication in MySQL 5.5 over a WAN as a way to improve the reliability of replication. My...
View ArticleThe blog was down yesterday
The brief outage was due to a scheduled move of the servers to a separate rack and subnet dedicated to our work with the Center for Information Assurance & Cybersecurity (ciac) at the University of...
View ArticleLog Buffer #279, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
In a typical organization, all work together to bring out a common good for the outside world. It’s interesting to see how all of these entities blog about technology, and there is more and more...
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How I use twitter to follow the MySQL Community
Here is a perfect post to read during your holidays :-) There are many ways to get news on the internet : blogs, rss feeds, facebook, linkedin, twitter… What I want to talk about here is how I use...
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VMWare VM - The Default Platform for MySQL
The MySQL Market Continues to Grow I am continuing to see the continued growth of MySQL not only in the SMB market but in Fortune 500 accounts. I recently asked a large customer what their...
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