Avatar Category: Database | 322 days ago |
I have just released PBXT 1.0.09 RC3. Besides bug fixes (details in the release notes), this version includes 2 Beta features: XA/2-Phase Commit s read more »
Avatar Category: Database | 322 days ago |
CodePlex, patents and Linux code. An interesting few days for Microsoft open source.Follow 451 CAOS Links live @caostheory on Twitter and Ident read more »
Avatar Category: Database | 322 days ago |
Welcome to the 161th edition of Log Buffer, the weekly review of database blogs … and the first one under my penmanship.MySQLJohan read more »
Avatar Category: Database | 322 days ago |
Following the release of our report, ‘The Myth of Open Source License Proliferation’ and during research for it, we heard and sensed a fe read more »
Avatar Category: Database | 322 days ago |
How large can a column of the data type POINT be: 10 bytes, 100 bytes, 1k, 10k? No… think Enterprise! PHP will allocate 4GB of RAM if you use t read more »
Avatar Category: Database | 322 days ago |
Over the last 5 years, I’ve read so many articles about how X doesn’t scale. PHP, MySQL, SQL Server, Apache, you name it - everything ge read more »
Avatar Category: Database | 322 days ago |
We just had a booboo in one of our internal systems, causing it to not come up properly on reboot. The actual mishap occurred several weeks ago (simp read more »
Avatar Category: Database | 321 days ago |
I'm pleased to announce the release of Spider storage engine version 2.3(beta).Spider is a Storage Engine for database sharding.http://spiderformysql read more »
Avatar Category: Database | 321 days ago |
I often see people confuse different ways MySQL can use indexing, getting wrong ideas on what query performance they should expect. There are 3 mai read more »
Avatar Category: Database | 321 days ago |
In my recent post on the EU antitrust regulators' probe into the Oracle Sun merger I did not mention an important class of stakeholders: the MySQL-ba read more »
Avatar Category: Database | 321 days ago |
I have pushed more performance monitoring changes to the Facebook patch on Launchpad. This includes:Support for SHOW INNODB FILE STATUS t read more »
Avatar Category: Database | 321 days ago |
I think I have mentioned Picok before on my blog. This is a system that lets users arrange and configure a number of portlets in order to be able to read more »
Avatar Category: Database | 321 days ago |
In a previous post, I outlined a plan to port the Build-It-Blocks web site from MS SQL to MySQL.  I plan to run the Windows stack (Windows, .asp read more »
Avatar Category: Database | 321 days ago |
My travel is booked for OpenSQL camp in Portland on November 14 and 15. It should be a great event in my favorite city. It is also an opportunity to read more »
Avatar Category: Database | 321 days ago |
There’s a really important difference between a unique index (MySQL’s answer to a “unique constraint”) and a primary key in M read more »


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