MySQL Fail-Over with PHP
Tell us, do you want that you can specify more than one MySQL server address at connect, and if one of the servers doesn't work to connect to the next one in the list. Or use round-robin, so next...
View Articlemysqldump each object separately
As a continuation to a previous blog post last week and inspired by Kedar I have created a small script to export tables, stored procedures, functions and views into their respective file. It works for...
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Upcoming Webinar: Scaling Web Services with MySQL Cluster (IT)
On the 9th of September at 10am CET I will present in Italian a Webinar titled: "Scaling Web Services with MySQL Cluster". You can register here. This is a summary of the english webinar series in two...
View ArticleReminder - UKOUG Conference CfP closes next Monday!
I just wanted to send out a friendly reminder: you still have time until next Monday, 16th of August, 8:00 am (UK) to submit MySQL-related talk proposals for the Conference Series Technology &...
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Oracle legal move evokes many questions
There are many questions that arise out of Oracle’s copyright and patent infringement complaint against Google regarding its use of Java in Android. There are several things that make the suit...
View ArticleOracle needs to get hurt .. badly!
There are plenty of bad things in the world. But I guess there is nothing that has such a drastic and dangerous impact on my life that software patents. If patents are good thing in other industries...
View ArticleSpeaking up on Froscon
Hi MMM users. On this post I just want to let you know that I will speak up at Froscon in Cologne, Germany next week (21st, August). My speech will cover an architecture what I have used to "keep your...
View ArticleLog Buffer #199, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
Welcome to Log Buffer. The weekly review of DBA industry news. Enjoy Log Buffer #199. Remember if you find a link or interesting blog post that you think Log Buffer should mention, send a note to the...
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Easy MySQL: how to backup databases to a remote machine
Here’s a simple answer to a simple question. “How do I run a backup of MySQL to another machine without writing to the local server’s filesystem?” – this is especially useful if you are running out of...
View ArticleBlank MySQL Graphs in Munin
From the Munin FAQ Q: Why are the graphs for the MySQL plugin blank? This is due to a bug in a Perl library Munin uses which causes $PATH to be lost. This again causes the plugin to not find the...
View ArticleAnnouncing TokuDB v4.1
Tokutek is pleased to announce immediate availability of TokuDB for MySQL, version 4.1. It is designed for continuous querying and analysis of large volumes of rapidly arriving and changing data, while...
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Easy Python: display LVM details in XML
If you need to work with LVM in your scripts but haven’t found a good method to access details about Logical Volume Groups, here’s a simple Python script that will print the details about any volumes...
View ArticleCalpont InfiniDBTM — Scaling MySQL Data and Performance Webinar
Is your MySQL deployment reaching its performance and data limits? Calpont InfiniDB is a massive scaling, high performance analytic database built on MySQL. InfiniDB provides ultra fast query response...
View ArticleMySQLnd Plugins: Writing a MySQL Query Logger in PHP
During the development of an application, not all time is spent on writing code. A lot of time is spent on reading debug output, crawling through log files and firing up the debugger to figure out...
View ArticleSpeaking at NovaRUG on Thursday
I’ll be joining the NovaRUG (Northern Virginia Ruby Users’ Group) on Thursday to talk about MySQL performance. See their blog for the details and how to RSVP. Related posts:Speaking at MySQL Meetup in...
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Now What? (wrt OpenSolaris and your database)
Last week's "announcement" of the death of OpenSolaris has steered a lot of questions my way about where people should go, and/or where OmniTI will go, now that OpenSolaris future looks non-existent....
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Testing MySQL column stores
Recently I had the opportunity to do some testing on a large data set against two MySQL column-store storage engines. I'd like to note that this effort was sponsored by Infobright, but this analysis...
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No, DRBD doesn’t magically make your application crash safe
It is a common misconception that DRBD (or any block-level data replication) solution can magically make an application crash-safe that intrinsically isn’t. Baron highlights that misconception in a...
View ArticleOracle scorns open source: How to respond?
This was bound to happen, of course. Things were going too well. At a time when Google is activating 200,000 Android phones a day, and Android has overtaken the iPhone in terms of U.S.read...
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Installing MySQLdb python module
MySQLdb is a Python wrapper around _mysql written by Andy Dustman. This wrapper makes it possible to interact with a MySQL Server performing all sorts of DDL and DML statements. I began my Python...
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