Sessions I want to see at the MySQL User Conference
Oh boy, I'm starting to feel the stress of having to prepare a little bit of this and a little bit of that for the upcoming MySQL User Conference (Santa Clara, April 10 to 13). But I wanted to also...
View ArticleBook signing evening at MySQL user conference
There will be a book signing opportunity at the MySQL User Conference, more precisely at the Expo Hall Community Reception on Wednesday evening. You will be able to meet and talk to authors of great...
View ArticleSimple GUI to edit JSON records in Drizzle
So yesterday I introduced the newly committed HTTP JSON key-value interface in Drizzle. The next step of course is to create some simple application that would use this to store data, this serves both...
View ArticleMySQL conference HA tutorial resources
Attached are slides and a excercise spreadsheet for the How to evaluate which MySQL High Availability solution best suits you tutorial. We will use the spreadsheet after the break, please download it...
View ArticleMySQL Community Awards 2012: And the winners are...
Winners of the 2012 MySQL Community Awards were announced at the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo just a few hours ago: ... In terms of continuing with MySQL traditions, it has been my privilege...
View ArticleNotes from MySQL Conference 2012 - Part 1, the soft part
I have finally recovered from my trip to Santa Clara enough that I can scribble down some notes from this year's MySQL Conference. Writing a travel report is part of the deal where my employer covers...
View ArticleNotes from MySQL Conference 2012 - Part 2, the hard part
This is the second and final part of my notes from the MySQL conference. In this part I'll focus on the technical substance of talks I saw, and didn't see. More than ever before I was a contributor...
View ArticleHow Galera does Rolling Schema Upgrade, really
This post is about a fairly technical detail of how Galera works. I'm writing it down in preparation for testing this feature so that I can agree with Alex whether to file a bug or not. I'm sharing it...
View ArticleDesigning a HTTP JSON database api
A few weeks ago I blogged about the HTTP JSON api in Drizzle. (See also a small demo app using it.) In this post I want to elaborate a little on the design decisions taken. (One reason to do this is to...
View ArticleHelsinki MySQL User Group on May 29
The Helsinki MySQL User Group will meet at the usual place on May 29th. Click here for details and to RSVP. Linas Varbalas will talk about Tungsten and maybe dare a live demo! Linas is in town for the...
View ArticleSpeaking at OUGF Harmony Finland about Galera
Heli from Oracle User Group Finland invited me to speak at this years OUGF Harmony conference which starts tomorrow. Last year I had some proposals accepted but had to decline due to work travel. This...
View ArticleSlides from Introduction to Galera talk
On Thursday I went to the Harmony conference arranged by Oracle User Group Finland to speak about Galera clustering. (They chose the topic based on my suggestions.) The slides are now available on...
View ArticleHowTo use MySQL JDBC loadbalancer with Galera multi-master clusters
Some time ago I finally had the chance to test the built-in load balancing feature in MySQL's JDBC driver together with a 3 node Galera cluster. I have used this feature at a MySQL Cluster customer...
View ArticleVideo: My Introduction to Galera talk at OUGF Harmony 2012
Sheeri was also in Hämeenlinna for the OUGF Harmony conference a few weeks ago, and of course she had her video camera with her. My talk "Synchronous multi-master clusters with MySQL: an introduction...
View ArticleSpeaking at MySQL Connect (OpenWorld)
My talk for MySQL Connect has been accepted. This is the MySQL specific 2 day conference just before the big Oracle OpenWorld and JavaOne. It is kind of a new conference by Oracle. They've had...
View ArticleSpatial data structures
I work for a company that is the leading supplier of automotive maps, and wants to be the leading supplier of online maps. So it was only a matter of time that I needed to learn more about how spatial...
View ArticleThe OpenGIS standard
While the underlying index should be opaque to the user of a DBMS with spatial features, the API used to define spatial types and operate on them is of course more visible. The relevant standard in...
View ArticleComparing open source GIS implementations
In my quest to understand spatial GIS functionality, I have come to the ultimate goal: evaluation the actual database products themselves. PostgreSQL / PostGIS PostGIS is a variant of PostgreSQL with...
View ArticleState of the MySQL forks
It's been some time since I last wrote an overview of the state of the MySQL forks, but the last few weeks have been eventful enough that it is a good time to again see how the competing variants are...
View ArticleBut what about Drizzle?
I got several comments and questions on my previous blog "The State of the MySQL forks". One question was "Why didn't you mention Drizzle?" So I will say something about Drizzle here before concluding...
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