SQL Locking and Transactions – OSDC 2011 video

This recent session at OSDC 2011 Canberra is based on part of an Open Query training day, and (due to time constraints) without much of the usual interactivity, exercises and further MySQL specific detail. People liked it anyway, which is nice! The info as presented is not MySQL specific, it provides general insight in how [...]

The Anti-SQL Coalition – The Daily WTF

http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-AntiSQL-Coalition-.aspx “There is a small coalition of developers at the office who are vehemently anti-database,” writes Bob, “naturally, this faction also doesn’t value ‘experience’ — mostly, because they have none. At least, not outside their university studies. They’ll often liken a database server to a file system, and suggest that it’s just a convenient way [...]