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User manager rewritten
Now it's two and a half year since the last refactoring of HeidiSQL's dialog for editing user accounts. The current dialog was ok from a usability point of view, but it did not allow users to assign...
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MariaDB 5.2.3 in openSUSE (Build Service)
You maybe already noticed, that MariaDB folks released their new stable version 5.2.3 today. And as we've got our great openSUSE Build Service, we already have this version packaged and you can install...
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Taking off again, up high in the sky...
After my departure from Oracle, I received lots of emails and messages, people who asked me where I will land. Thanks to everybody for the kind words and the great comments. By the way, more than a...
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MariaDB 5.2 has been released
Dear MariaDB users, MariaDB 5.2, a branch of the MySQL database which includes all major open source storage engines, myriad bug fixes and many community patches, has been released. It has all changes...
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Is MySQL open core?
Or, how we evaluate a company’s open source-related business strategy. Godwin’s law states: “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches”....
View ArticlePercona XtraDB Information_schema Changing
I've been working a lot with xtradb versions of mysql over the last year, and more and more have begun to attempt to leverage the information_schema instrumentation that has been put in place. Today, I...
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Advanced index analysis with mk-index-usage
The new release of Maatkit has a useful feature in mk-index-usage to help you determine how indexes are used in more flexible ways. The default report just prints out ALTER statements for removing...
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Speaking at the UK Oracle User Group conference - Birmingham
Back to the conference circuit after some rest.On December 1st I will be speaking under my new affiliation at Continuent in the MySQL track at the UKOUG conference. My topic is MySQL - Features for...
View ArticleBlueBox GUI for FreeSWITCH looks very promising
(NOTE: If you’ve come here from http://planet.mysql.com my apologies. I’ve notified them to only follow my database related posts and hope they’ll not follow my full blog feed shortly.) I recently came...
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Java mutiny in the making
The Apache Software Foundation’s latest statement on the Java Community Process highlights continued dissatisfaction and dissent from Oracle’s stewardship and involvement in open source software. This...
View ArticleDrizzle gets InnoDB 1.0.9
My branch that updates the innobase plugin in Drizzle to be based on innodb_plugin 1.0.9 has been merged. For the next milestone, we’ll probably have 1.0.11 as well. How’s the progress getting 1.1 and...
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The Story of a Tweet - Oracle's Premium JVM
This is the story of a tweet... Last week Adam went to QCon San Francisco to talk about "The Road Ahead for Java". Adam covered the Java SE Strategy, presented by Oracle at JavaOne via a PR, keynotes...
View ArticleWorld Class Web Scalability & Infrastructure
Next Thursday we'll be running a Webinar entitled: "MySQL Enterprise Edition & Oracle Database 11g: World Class Web Scalability & Infrastructure" During his presentation, Luca Olivari will...
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Filtering binary logs with MySQL Sandbox and replication
A few days ago, a friend of mine asked me if I knew of a way of filtering a bunch of binary logs, to extract only statements related to a single table. The task was about filtering a few hundred binary...
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451 CAOS Links 2010.11.12
Talend raises $34m, acquires Sopera. Red Hat releases RHEL 6. And more. Follow 451 CAOS Links live @caostheory on Twitter and Identi.ca, and daily at Paper.li/caostheory “Tracking the open source news...
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CAOS Theory Podcast 2010.11.12
Topics for this podcast: *Our latest CAOS Special Report – Control and Community *Red Hat releases RHEL 6 *Symbian and Oracle highlight community challenges *The latest on government adoption of OSS...
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MySQL GIS – Part 6
Is MySQL’s GIS really worth using? Is GIS worth using in MySQL? In the past few post, I have explored what GIS is and how it is used. GIS encoded data is wonderful and can help with all kinds of cool...
View ArticleWhy mysqldump is converting my tables from InnoDB to MyISAM?
First of all: mysqldump is not converting tables. It is something else. Here is the story: One of my clients had a case when they were migrating to a new mysql server: they used mysqldump to export...
View ArticleSave 20% and Get a Free Certification Retake with New MySQL Certification...
MySQL developers and DBAs now can choose one of these exclusive MySQL packages to get on the fast track to MySQL certifications while saving 20%.Included in the package, two Live Virtual Classes (LVCs)...
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MySQL configuration management using Chef
Here at Recorded Future we use Chef for Configuration Management, and I am a complete newcomer to this. Chef is, like Puppet, built in Ruby, Ruby sure seems popular for Configuration Management...
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