What’s new in MySQL 5.6 Replication – free webinar
Global Transaction IDs - simplifying replication management There will be a webinar this Wednesday where you can get the latest information on all of the great new content that has been included in the...
View ArticleCan the People's House become a social platform for the people?
InSourceCode developers work on "Madison" with volunteers. There wasn't a great deal of hacking, at least in the traditional sense, at the "first congressional hackathon." Given the general shiver that...
View ArticleNew White Papers from SkySQL on MariaDB, MySQL Cluster, HA & Enterprise...
Just in time for the holidays, SkySQL has published new white papers to keep you occupied while dealing with holiday travel delays, waiting for your turkey to roast, or hiding from your in-laws!...
View ArticleHappy Holidays to the MySQL Ecosystem! :)
Those that know me know I love to send out Christmas/Holiday cards to my colleagues every year. However, with so many colleagues now past and present, and the many friends I’ve made over the years in...
View ArticleWebOS and the open alternative live another day
There has been no shortage of reaction to HP’s move to make the Linux-based WebOS open source software. Below, I offer some of my thoughts on the meaning for the different players affected. *What’s it...
View ArticleMySQL Training in Washington, DC
Many of you have seen the announcement for our Percona Live in Washington, DC in January! But did you know we also have our highly rated MySQL Training coming to Washington, DC the week of January 16h?...
View ArticleWelcome PECL/mysqlnd_ms 1.2.0-alpha with global transaction ID support
Christmas time, time for presents! Version 1.2.0-alpha of the free and open source PHP mysqlnd replication and load balancing plugin has been made available on PECL. PECL/mysqlnd_ms makes using any...
View ArticleFOSDEM 2012 – MySQL and Friends devroom
2012 is near… and so is the next FOSDEM edition ! This year again, MySQL will be represented by its Community. If you want to discuss with friend’s of MySQL it’s the place to be in February ! Like...
View ArticleCreating tables now faster and easier with SQLyog 9.5
Hello! We are delighted to announce the release of SQLyog 9.5 GA. This release is geared towards enhancing the user experience. The major changes are: The conversion of modal dialogue boxes to a tabbed...
View ArticleShinguz: Rolling upgrade of Galera 1.0 to 1.1
A few days ago Codership announced their new version Galera v1.1 - synchronous Replication Cluster for MySQL. Before we look at the new feature of Rolling Online Schema Upgrade (OSU) we have a look at...
View ArticleWhen Disaster Strikes, You Can Learn a Lot
My first week at Mozilla was relatively uneventful. I spent it at the Mountain View office, meeting people in person, having a few meetings, and actually doing a few tasks in addition to all of the...
View ArticleState of the MySQL forks: via a particular example of authentication plugins
A year ago I posted a blog on The state of MySQL forks: co-operating without co-operating. (Also Giuseppe wrote about the topic at that time, and Peter Zaitsev covers it in his conference keynotes.) So...
View Article451 CAOS Links 2011.12.14
Jive goes public. webOS goes open source. Cloud Foundry goes .NET. And more. # Jive Software started IPO at $12 a share, closing the day up nearly 30%. # HP announced that it plans to release webOS...
View ArticleGet 20% off on any Devart product (expires January 10th)!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! As Christmas holidays are drawing closer, we offer you to get 20% off any product license order. Don’t think twice, just save 20%. And what more, you get free access...
View ArticleTaming the EC2 API
I've been spending some time lately familiarizing myself with EC2, setting up some MySQL servers & clusters here and there, and doing some really basic configuration testing. One situation you'll...
View ArticleLimelight Networks Chooses TokuDB for New Cloud Storage Service
Limelight Networks Issue addressed: Managing metadata at exabyte scale Delivering Agile Storage in the Cloud with Billions of Assets The Company: Founded in 2001, Limelight Networks, Inc (NASDAQ: LLNW)...
View ArticleHoliday Presents for MySQL DBAs
Normally I write for the MySQL DBA audience. But this blog entry is different. Print out a hard copy and hand it to friends and family when they ask you what sort of presents you want for Christmas,...
View ArticleMySQL Foriegn Key create ERROR: MySQL Error Number 1005
Have you ever come across this error?MySQL Error Number 1005ERROR 1005 (HY000): Can't create table './wordpress/#sql-2693_f74e.frm' (errno: 150)Jason summarized very good article to track down error...
View ArticleMySQL Cluster 7.1.18 is available to download
The binary version for MySQL Cluster 7.1.18 has now been made available at http://www.mysql.com/downloads/cluster/ (GPL version) or https://support.oracle.com/ (commercial version) A description of...
View ArticleMySQL Wins Best Open Source Product of 2011 Award
MySQL 5.6 in among CRN’s 10 Best Open Source Products of 2011. “MySQL 5.6, now in beta, includes significant advances in text-based search inside a database, as well as performance enhancements. With...
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