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Saturday, November 10, 2012

MySQL 5.6.8 - Broken compatibility ahead

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Users are safer MySQL 5.6.8 was announced a few days ago. You can download it from the MySQL downloads page This is the second release ca...
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Monday, October 29, 2012

Tungsten Replicator 2.0.6 released - Multi-Master replication made easy and more

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Tungsten Replicator version 2.0.6 was released today. You can get both the binaries and the source code at the project's downloads pa...

Overwhelming response from the MySQL community in Barcelona

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Within hours of my post about meeting the MySQL community in Barcelona , we got several offers to help, and within one day, an event was cre...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

MySQL community in Barcelona - Let's meet in November

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Update : With the enthusiastic responses that we have received from Barcelona, there is now an event defined at Evenbrite . If you are in Ba...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Tungsten Replicator cookbook. Advanced replication topologies made easy

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I have been asked many times to provide an easy way of deploying fan-in and star schema replication schemas. So far, I have been delayed by ...
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Sunday, September 30, 2012

MySQL Sandbox updated with minimal support for MySQL 5.6.7

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One of the surprises of MySQL 5.6 was that the mysql.host table was missing. How did I realize it? Because make_sandbox , the basic install...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

My speaking engagements - Q4 2012

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After a long pause in the speaking game, I am back. It's since April that I haven't been on stage, and it is now time to resume my ...
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New strength for Continuent

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It is public news now that Continuent has three new hires . I am particularly pleased with the news, as we are improving the team in three ...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

MySQL 5.6 replication gotchas (and bugs)

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There has been a lot of talk about MySQL 5.6 replication improvements. With few exceptions, what I have seen was either marketing messages o...
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Monday, August 20, 2012

Is Oracle really killing MySQL?

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There are plenty of "Oracle-is-killing-MySQL" headlines in the tech world: Oracle Makes More Moves To Kill Open Source MySQL Ora...
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Friday, June 22, 2012

The hidden mistake

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There are mistakes that drive you crazy when you try to understand what went wrong. One of the most annoying and hard to catch was this, a...
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Sunday, May 13, 2012

How to run a flawless technical demo

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Why demos? For as long as I can remember in my public speaking activities, I have always planned my presentations with some sort of live dem...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

A few hacks to simulate mysqldump --ignore-database

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A few days ago, Ronald Bradford asked for a mysqldump –ignore-database option . As a workaround, he proposes: mysqldump --databases `mysql...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Some lessons from MySQL Conference 2012

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The Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2012 is over. Together with the SkySQL solutions day , it has kept me occupied for 4 full days, ...
Saturday, March 31, 2012

21st century presentation technology at Percona Live

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After 15 years of slide show technology, I thought that we need to change the way we do presentations. And since I am advocating radical cha...
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Friday, March 23, 2012

April talks at Percona and SkySQL events

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The second week of April will be quite a busy one Tuesday, April 10 April 10th is Tutorial day at the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Lightning Talks at Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2012

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Several months ago I suggested having lightning talks at Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2012 , and I also offered to help. Then I ...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

MySQL 5.6 too verbose when creating data directory

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When I install a MySQL package using MySQL Sandbox , if everything goes smoothly, I get an informative message on standard output, and I kee...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

MySQL Sandbox at the OTN MySQL Developers day in Paris, March 21st

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On March 21st I will be in Paris, to attend the OTN MySQL Developers Day . Oracle is organizing these events all over the world, and althoug...
Thursday, March 08, 2012

Bringing fresh blood to the MySQL Council

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The MySQL Council has been operational for more than one year, with mixed fortunes. As an early member, I am glad to be a member, and I fe...
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