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Getting Best out of MySQL on Solaris
I’m still working up some good tips and advice on MySQL on Solaris (particularly the T1000, the new x86 based servers like the X4150 and ZFS, amongst other things), but until then I found Getting Best out of MySQL on Solaris while doing some resea…
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MySQL Documentation and Debian/Ubuntu
We’ve got a lot of queries recently on the MySQL docs team address about the documentation (particularly man pages) for MySQL on Debian/Ubuntu. The source of the original problem was reported as a Debian bug. The assumption from the reading of the…
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Mysterious crashes? – check your temporary directory settings
Just recently I seem to have noticed an increased number of mysterious crashes and terminations of applications. This is generally on brand new systems that I’m setting up, or on existing systems where I’m setting up a new or duplicate account. In…
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MySQL and DBD::mysql on Mac OS X
I’ve been investigating some recent issues with installations of MySQL on Mac OS X and the Perl DBD::mysql module for accessing MySQL from within Perl through DBI. The problem exists only with binary distributions of MySQL and is related to the in…
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Free Software Magazine blog added to Planet MySQL
I’ve had my blog at Free Software Magazine added the Planet MySQL syndication site.
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Major rewrite of C/ODBC completed
One of my first major tasks at MySQL has just been completed – a major rewrite of the Connector/ODBC (C/ODBC) documentation. There were three major focuses for the rewrite: Bring the documentation up to date. We had a mix of information on the lat…
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One worker in one country
A recent article at CNN talks about how MySQL operates. As one of the MySQL team, I can attest that works, but it requires a significant amount of coordination, and lots of online communication through email, IRC, Skype and other methods to keep e…