Securich 0.3.0
Around these days last year I presented `securich` for the first time. It was at froscon 2009, barely knowing anybody, spending my 27th birthday in a hostel in Germany fixing some bugs before the...
View ArticleAnnouncing TokuDB v4.1.1
Tokutek is pleased to announce immediate availability of TokuDB for MySQL, version 4.1.1. It is ideally suited for delivering fast response times for complex / high-volume Web applications that must...
View ArticleSHOW CREATE TABLE using table protobuf message
… and really testing the replication code path for CREATE TABLE. So, for a very long time now, Drizzle has been using a protobuf based structure to describe the structure of tables. The idea was to be...
View ArticleLive video stream from OpenSQL Camp
Greetings from Sankt Augustin, Germany! I've arrived by train today and just returned from the FrOSCon venue, which will start tomorrow. The organizers are still busy with the preparations, but things...
View ArticleGetting LuaSocket to Work with MySQL Proxy
I’ve seen some interest in trying to get LuaSocket working with MySQL Proxy, and most of those interested have run into issues getting this set up, so I want to provide a brief walk-through on how to...
View ArticleMONyog 4.0 introduces MySQL configuration tracking, improved customization...
Hi, We are delighted to unveil MONyog 4.0 — a major new release. Listed below are overviews of some of the major features. Tracking changes to your MySQL configuration Maintaining server configuration...
View ArticleUsing LVM snapshot filesystems for development database instances
The Problem Developers often need to have a development database copy of the live production system you are using in able to allow them to test their code and to test new functionality and make schema...
View ArticleYesterday I heckled a speaker.
It's frustrating seeing examples of MySQL being slow as an example of why you should use NoSQL. If you have an invested interest[1] in comparing two technologies that are already apples to oranges, the...
View ArticleLinuxJedi, the new era
I have recently moved on from my roll as a Senior MySQL Support Engineer at Oracle to a Drizzle Developer at Rackspace. As such my previous blog is now sitting idle so this is the replacement. This...
View ArticleMoving on from Oracle
This week will be my final week at Oracle. I am very much going to miss the great team I work with but due to many other reasons I have decided to move on. Where am I going? I'm sure several people...
View ArticlePHP @ FrOSCon: the power of mysqlnd plugins
Slowly the power of mysqlnd plugins becomes visible. Mysqlnd plugins challenge MySQL Proxy and are often a noteworthy, if not superior, alternative alternative to MySQL Proxy for PHP users. Plugins...
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Kontrollbase – new version available with improved analytics
A new version of Kontrollbase – the enterprise monitoring, analytics, reporting, and historical analysis webapp for MySQL database administrators and advanced users of MySQL databases – is available...
View ArticleTroubleshooting : mysql server has gone away
When running query against a database the following error can be generated: ERROR 2006 (HY000) at line NNN: MySQL server has gone away Where "NNN" is the line number of the script currently being run...
View ArticleCall for presentations for Collaborate 2011 is open!
Collaborate 2011 is a database operational conference to be held in Orlando, Florida April 10th - 14th 2011. Unfortunately, the O'Reilly MySQL Conference has been scheduled for the same week; however,...
View ArticleMySQL stored procedure debugging, can I sue for going insane?
Lets paint the picture: Scenario part 1 : Migrating a couple thousand stored procedures from database technology X to mysql Scenario part 2 : Legacy system where the people who wrote it left a long...
View ArticleFree webinar on MySQL performance this Thursday
ODTUG invited me to give a webinar and I said yes, so this Thursday you’re invited to join me as I talk about MySQL performance. We’ve come a very long way towards a MySQL that can perform well on...
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MySQL Cluster 7.1.5 binaries released
The binary version for MySQL Cluster 7.1.5 has now been made available at http://www.mysql.com/downloads/cluster/ A description of all of the changes (fixes) that have gone into MySQL Cluster 7.1.5...
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InnoDB memory allocation, ulimit, and OpenSUSE
I recently encountered an interesting case. A customer reported that mysqld crashed on start on OpenSUSE 11.2 kernel 2.6.31.12-0.2-desktop x86_64 with 96 GB RAM when the innodb_buffer_pool_size was...
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MySQL GIS – Part 1
TweetIn my business (weather) we use lots map based (Geo) information. Almost every table has latitude and longitude. Working with this kind of data can be exciting and frustrating. This should give...
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Yet another DDL dump script
Inspired by some recent posts about scripts for parsing mysqldump files, I thought I’d put my own little dump program out there for those looking for alternatives to mysqldump. It’s written in perl and...
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