How will IPv6 changes in 5.6.6 affect you?
As stated in the 5.6.6 release notes, the default value of –bind-address has changed from IPv4-specific “0.0.0.0″ to “*” – the latter value which allows MySQL to bind to IPv6 interfaces by default....
View ArticleDeprecated in MySQL 5.6 – YEAR(2)
Back in April, I issued a challenge to identify any compelling use case for the YEAR(2) data type. Months later, I still don’t have such a use case, and the release of 5.6.6 brings deprecation of...
View ArticleEuropean and North American Training Schedule Announced
Ensuring that everyone has a chance to attend Percona’s training for MySQL, we are announcing the following dates for Europe. You can always find the current schedule at Percona Training. The dates for...
View ArticleMySQL Workbench 5.2.42 GA Released
The MySQL developer tools team announces the availability of version 5.2.42 of the MySQL Workbench GUI tool. This version includes important correctionsover version 5.2.41For a full list of issues...
View ArticleMySQL Workbench 5.2.42 GA Released
The MySQL developer tools team announces the availability of version 5.2.42 of the MySQL Workbench GUI tool. This version includes important corrections over version 5.2.41 For a full list of issues...
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Congratulations to MySQL Boston’s MySQL Connect Pass winners!
Congratulations to David Swain and Antoniya Statelova who won passes to the MySQL Connect Conference at the Boston MySQL Users Group meeting tonight. PlanetMySQL Voting: Vote UP / Vote DOWN
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LDAP C Client Authentication Example (with OpenLDAP)
I have the goal of authenticate MySQL users with an LDAP server, currently, employees of my company are authenticated in several services (ftp, ssh, svn) through my LDAP server, except MySQL. (As you...
View ArticleMySQL LDAP Authentication Plugin
As a continuation of previous post, now, I will show how to make a mysql plugin for ldap authentication. Get the mysql-server source code at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/...
View ArticleWebinar: Scaling MySQL: Scale Up vs. Scale Out | August 16, 2012 2:00pm EST
This webinar will examine best practices around scaling MySQL databases. To register, click here. There are thousands of new online and mobile apps launching every day…but what happens when demand...
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A new dashboard for innotop
I’m using innotop again every day, for the first time in a few years. I found that I didn’t like the tool that the younger and less experienced version of me created. It is very flexible and has the...
View ArticleBye-bye .MSI (Hello MySQL Installer)
Windows users of MySQL may find something missing when they first download MySQL 5.6.6. The .MSI package of MySQL for Windows has been eliminated in favor of the MySQL Installer for Windows. You can...
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MySQL Cluster / NDB as a key value store - Better results this time
Following up on my series of "how much performance do I get when I access RAM only", the most recent post being this, and as you can see there, MySQL didn't really perform that well. And MySQL Cluster...
View ArticleFROSCON and VLDB
Next week I (Bradley) will be traveling to FROSCON near Bonn, Germany, and then on to VLDB in Istanbul. At FROSCON I’ll be talking about fast data structures for maintaining indexes. The talk will...
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Plan Your MySQL Connect Conference With Schedule Builder
Schedule Builder allows you to effectively plan your conference and pre-enroll in MySQL Connect sessions. For instance, don’t miss the keynotes including: The State of The Dolphin Join Oracle...
View ArticleWays to export MySQL result set to file on client side
Problem: you wish to write table data to file, but you wish to do so on client side. SELECT ... INTO OUTFILE writes the file on server. What are your options on client? 1. mysql client If you have...
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Session at MySQL Connect
I will double my all-time total of public speaking engagements this September at the MySQL Connect conference in San Fransisco.The title of my session is "Delivering Breakthrough Performance with MySQL...
View ArticleWhen is a crashing MySQL bug not a bug?
Answer: When Oracle acknowledges the bug in 5.5.25 (to the owner only), corrects the bug in 5.5.27 (to the owner only), yet hides all information of its existence. Recently a colleague and good friend...
View ArticleMySQL client password security
In case you missed it, MySQL 5.6.6, also known as Milestone 9, was recently released. I have yet to install this, however just one part of the MySQL 5.6.6 Release Notes makes placing installing and...
View ArticleHow to export your Previous Recipients addresses from Mac Mail
Mail’s Mail.app keeps a list of recent recipients, but it doesn’t let you export them to a file. You could do as some others on the Internet have suggested and grep the file of addresses for everything...
View ArticleMeet The MySQL Experts Podcast: SQL Server Migration Tool
We recently released a new migration tool for Microsoft SQL Server to MySQL, along with additional tools and features improving the MySQL user experience on Windows. In the latest episode of our "Meet...
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