Compiling Drizzle 7 on Mac OS X 10.6
Drizzle 7 GA has been released, so I wanted to compile and test it on my Mac running OS X 10.6.7. Since Drizzle 7 is new, Mac binaries are not available yet. I’ve compiled MySQL from source more...
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Last week I wrote about my experience compiling Drizzle 7 on Mac OS X 10.6. Then David Shrewsbury informed me of his nearly identical blog post: Installing Drizzle from source on OS X. Once Drizzle 7...
View ArticleMySQL tools article
Although I no longer maintain hackmysql.com, I still actively develop MySQL tools. An article I wrote, 10 essential MySQL tools for admin, was published today. I hope no one’s feelings are hurt if...
View ArticleNew algorithm for calculating 95 percentile
The 95 percentile for query response times is and old concept; Peter and Roland blogged about it in 2008. Since then, MySQL tools have calculated the 95 percentile by collecting all values, either...
View ArticleDatabases and documentation
The MySQL documentation impresses me. I can’t recall a time when I didn’t find what I was looking for or that its details were lacking. Documenting a database server is difficult; the amount of...
View ArticleSpeaking at Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo 2012
I’m speaking at Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo 2012. My two talk are: Getting Started with Drizzle 7.1 and Verifying MySQL Replication Safely With pt-table-checksum 2.0. No, there’s no...
View ArticlePT BOF at PLMCE 2012
PT BOF at PLMCE 2012, or: I submitted a session for Percona Toolkit Birds of a Feather at Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo 2012. You should BoF too; hard deadline is Monday, March 12th: submit...
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Taxonomy of database tools
Taxonomy of Database Tools In the MySQL ecosphere there is an ecosystem of tools. Like real-world ecosystems, the “creatures” in the MySQL tools ecosystem can be classified and organized by a...
View ArticleSpeaking at PLMCE 2013
Yes it’s still 4 months away, but some pre-selected sessions for Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo 2013 have been released, and one is mine: Survey of Percona Toolkit: Command-line Tools for...
View ArticleHiring: Perl programmer, PHP programmer, UI/UX consultant
I don’t get to say this often, but “I’m hiring” (at Percona): Perl programmer PHP programmer UI/UX consultant (temp. contract) I’ve been with Percona for about 5 years, so I can tell you: it’s probably...
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