Followup: On IPs, hostnames, and MySQL
Back in April, I wrote On IPs, hostnames, and MySQL, which described the (sometimes surprising) ways in which MySQL deals with IP addresses, hostnames, and privileges, as well as some basics about the...
View ArticleOn Triggers, Stored Procedures, and Call Stacks
If you’re a frequent reader, you might have noticed that I’m on a roll contributing MySQL patches by now… there are many more to come. This is part of the reason that I founded Proven Scaling — to be...
View ArticleMaking connections more manageable
For the past few weeks off and on, as part of Proven Scaling‘s project to improve the MySQL server, I’ve been helping Joel Seligstein to really dig into the MySQL source code and add some features, in...
View ArticleProgress in MySQL Process List
Today I had a sort of short epiphany regarding getting progress of running statements in MySQL. MySQL already keeps a running count of rows touched in most multi-row statements (called...
View ArticleNow Available: Profiling in MySQL
Back around November 2005, I started working on query profiling in MySQL via the SHOW PROFILE and SHOW PROFILES commands. It’s been an interesting ride, but profiling support is finally available in...
View ArticleDorsalSource: MySQL Community Build Site Launched
Back in late 2006, MySQL AB decided to split (or “fork” for the more common open source term) their source code and release structure into two parts: “Community” and “Enterprise”. This has caused quite...
View ArticleBreakdown in MySQL Enterprise process
In the past few days, MySQL Community 5.0.41 was released. While reading through the changelog, I noticed the following entry: The patches for Bug #19370 and Bug #21789 were reverted. Upon looking at...
View ArticleMySQL Community split officially a failure
A few days ago, I got the opportunity to hear about some upcoming changes in MySQL Community and MySQL Enterprise. I’ve been waiting for an official announcement before commenting on the changes, and...
View ArticleSkipping the MySQL Conference and Expo 2009
I have been silent on the topic of this year’s MySQL conference, and really, silent in nearly all ways anyway. Today, as the MySQL Users Conference Conference and Expo 2009 starts up, some people will...
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