Open Query blog

So, MySQL 5.1.30 (no longer RC) is here. Very good.
Question, Sun/MySQL, since this is 5.1.30 (an even number, traditionally reserved for enterprise builds)… are there still going to be separate enterprise builds for 5.1 ? I think it would be really great if you were to trust your subscription offering with query analyser and the [...]

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I like to say it that way but to clarify I’m doing in-house training days in MySQL related topics for staff members of various UQ departments. Nice people, interesting backgrounds and ongoing projects, and it is of course in my home town Brisbane so nice and easy after all the recent travels [...]

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Preparing for the Open Source Developers’ Conference in Sydney next week. Of course I’m curious how it’ll develop further this year, since I was the lead organiser last year… in any case it should be a great event, with an interesting bunch of people gathering, and a good program.
Somehow I got cajoled into doing three [...]

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In a nutshell, there is some code for doing delayed replication from inside the server, as an optional parameter to the CHANGE MASTER TO syntax. Maatkit has a script for doing this functionally externally, but an internal solution might be preferred.
If you have an urgent interest in this feature, in either MySQL 5.0 or MySQL [...]

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If you’re in Australia, at least… see PetrolMonkey.
Very cool. Simple yet functional and useful.
You can register your car there, and by entering how much you filled up with at each petrol station visit, and your odometer reading, the system works out how what your petrol consumption is like. Not rocket science, but handy nevertheless – [...]

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Augmenting Baron’s excellent post about existing monitoring/analysis info available through the enhanced builds by Percona and OurDelta… developing these capabilities further is a matter of what as well as how.
So let’s discuss the what: let us know what kind of information you would like to get out of the server, and why. Please be as [...]

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I know the architect of the new Sun/MySQL query analyser, Mark Matthews, very well. Even though the tool is not OSS (and thus does not benefit from an OSS development model with early feedback in the design/development cycle, from many eyes) I know that Mark organises his designs and team in such a way that [...]

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Yes, I too am at OpenSQLCamp… others are great at the live blog-reporting and instantly putting photos online.
I am taking some photos, but I’ve kept my laptop in the bag for much of the day as really emails, IRC and IM can wait and it’s just great to actually have full focus on the talks [...]

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Sitting at LAX waiting for my onward flight. Breaking with LAX tradition, there weren’t huge long waits at the passport or customs checks, I was not harassed, abused, or barked at. Impressive change!
Walking through a corridor, there’s a “welcome to USA” above, with photos of the US president and vice president (currently the talking gloating [...]

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Packing for OpenSQL Camp 2008… dropping Phoebe off at daycare in the morning, and straight on to the airport. No worries, her mum will pick her up in the afternoon
Decided on a lightweight approach, handluggage only. Got a little suitcase that satisfies the requirements and actually used it earlier this week for a [...]

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