Latest Developer Updates from MySQL AB

Donate to help Andrii Nikitin's son Ivan

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:59:59 +0000

Donations are requested to help Andrii Nikitin, a MySQL support engineer in Ukraine, provide for his son Ivan who requires a bone marrow transplant operation. The cost of this operation is expected to be between €150,000 - €250,000 ($235,000 - $400,000). Please help us provide Ivan a chance to live.

MySQL 5.1 Use Case Competition

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:59:59 +0000

MySQL Community Team launches a competition for the users of new features of MySQL 5.1. Submit your MySQL 5.1 Use Case Report to community(at)mysql.com by 31 August 2008 and win!

Getting started with Bazaar for MySQL code

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:59:59 +0000

Since you're reading this, you probably know that Sun is switching to the Bazaar version control system for all development work on the MySQL server. Unlike the version control system that we've been using previously, Bazaar is an open source project and freely available to anyone. This means that it is now much easier to follow ongoing development, or even to participate in it! On the downside, just like our previous tool, Bazaar is not quite as straight-forward as traditional version control systems such as CVS or subversion. The aim of this article is to give an overview and a general idea of how to set up Bazaar, how to access the MySQL server source code repositories, and the basic commands for working with the source code.

Falcon storage engine in depth

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:59:59 +0000

MySQL/Sun released a new storage engine "Falcon" in January, 2007. Falcon is a high performance transactional (fully compliant with ACID) storage engine, which is beta at this time (June 2008). In this article, I describe Falcon's features and its architecture in detail.

"Telephony is just yet another Internet application." - MySQL talks with Juha Heinänen

Fri, 23 May 2008 00:59:59 +0000

During 2008 we are planning to run a series of interviews with interesting persons somehow related to the telecom field. In this first installment, we will have a chat with Juha Heinänen from Finland.

MySQL Workbench for Database Change Management

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:59:59 +0000

Managing database change is an incredibly important discipline that very few database professionals overtly talk or worry about until they're in the thick of things with a particular database - moving it from development to production, making changes to a newly installed production database, or implementing an updated version of the database (new tables, modifications to existing objects, etc.) in a SaaS application. It's at that point where change management becomes very important because if you don't do things right the first time, you can make a royal mess of things and even (in a small number of cases) reach the point of no return where you've completely torched your database.

Sun Introduces MySQL Tech Support for Amazon EC2

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:59:59 +0000

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced two new offerings that will significantly expand customer choice by providing users with access to Sun's innovative open source software running on the Amazon Web Services platform. Sun has added premium technical support for its MySQL™ database running on Linux and on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to its global support and services offerings.

Sun Introduces MySQL Workbench

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:59:59 +0000

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced the availability of MySQL™ Workbench, a new visual database design tool that integrates data modeling, physical database design, database creation, change management and documentation capabilities into a single, seamless environment for MySQL developers and DBAs.

MySQL Workbench is available for download in two versions: an open source Community Edition and a (US) $99 commercial Standard Edition. Both are available now for Microsoft Windows, with future cross-platform support for Linux and Macintosh OS X under development.

Sun Microsystems Announces MySQL 5.1

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:59:59 +0000

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced the pending general availability of MySQL™ 5.1, a new version of the world's most popular open source database, designed to improve performance and simplify management of large database applications. A near-final release candidate of the GPL software is available for download now at dev.mysql.com/downloads/.

A look at Falcon Diagnostic Tables

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:59:59 +0000

Performance tuning is one of the top disciplines (if not THE top discipline) that database professionals want to excel at. Being able to take a system that's running sluggish and turn it into one that's running as fast as a scalded dog is a talent that's part art and part science, but whatever the combination necessary to make it happen, there will always be strong demand for folks who are good at it.