OurSQL Episode 109: Starting with the right foot
This week we talk about startup scripts and their gotchas. Ear candy is a startup cache gotcha and at the movies presents an introduction to VoltDB. Events Percona Live Santa Clara, 2013 call for...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 110: The Key to 5.6
This week we present the MySQL Connect Keynote: Community Perspective—Why Upgrade to MySQL 5.6. This is the entire keynote panel, featuring Sarah Novotny of Meteor Entertainment as the moderator, and...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 111: Do You Make the Grade (part 1)?
This is part one of a series where we will explore the Operations Report Card and explain how it applies to DBAs. Listen and grade your own organization, this is a great opportunity to get some new...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 112: Do You Make the Grade (part 2)?
This week, we go through the "Modern Team Practices" part of the Operations Report Card, and how it applies to DBAs. Events Oracle's "Scale with MySQL" seminars: Scale with MySQL Seminar, London,...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 113: A JS API with JDD
While we were at MySQL Connect last month, we interviewed long-time MySQL developer JD Duncan about integrating NoSQL and JavaScript with MySQL. His team developed the Node.js API for MySQL. This week,...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 114: Do You Make the Grade (part 3)?
This week we continue part 3 of the Operations Report Card and how it relates to database administration. This week we talk about the section on "Operational Practices", and it covers how operations...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 115: Do You Make the Grade (part 4)?
This week, we continue our series going through the Operations Report Card as it applies to database administrators. This week in Ear Candy, we talk about a hidden client value for max_allowed_packet...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 116: Do You Make the Grade (part 5)?
This week, we finish our series on the Operations Report Card as it applies to database administrators. In Ear Candy, we discuss one problem with setting table_open_cache higher than needed., and At...
View ArticleAre You Part of OurSQL Events?
OurSQL, the MySQL Database Community Podcast, lists events, conferences and training that are relevant to MySQLers around the world. Gerry and Sheeri get the information for events/conferences/training...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 117: Foreign Policy
This week, we take a look at foreign keys - what they are, what you can do with them, and how to troubleshoot the dreaded errno 150. In Ear Candy, we talk about perror, and in At the Movies, we share...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 118: Not Our Usual Routine
This week we go over stored routine basics. Ear Candy is linux.die.net, online man pages for Linux, and At the Movies is key things that DBA need to know.NewsOpen Source DBA's Holiday Gifts for MySQL...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 119: I Do DECLARE
This week we talk more about stored routines, including the several different DECLARE statements. Ear Candy is about ssh hacks to make logging into multiple servers easy, and At the Movies is...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 120: Trigger Happy
This week we discuss triggers in MySQL. Ear Candy is SQL in the Shell, and At the Movies is Project Triage and Recovery, by Keith Casey of Twilio, at the 2012 CodeConnexx conference.FOSDEM 2013 is...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 121: Fun with text files
This week we discuss manipulating text data and the CSV storage engine. Ear Candy is Venn Diagrams visually showing joins, and At the Movies is about how to retain your individuality while being on a...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 122: Nobody's Perfect - 2012 Blooper Retrospective
This podcast would not achieve its goal if there were no listeners to learn about MySQL. This week we play a bunch of bloopers as our year-end gift to you. We hope these make you laugh!2011 Blooper...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 123: Storing Bags of Bytes
This week we discuss different filesystems and how they work. Ear Candy talks about the "-bibyte" suffix, and At the Movies presents an indexing webinar.EventsFOSDEM 2013 is taking place in Brussels,...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 124: When Do You Want It?
This week, we talk about Linux I/O schedulers. Ear Candy is iotop, and At the Movies is learning how to use EXPLAIN.News OurSQL is taking the EBU's recommendation for volume for mobile devices. You can...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 125: New and Improved...And Faster!
This week we discuss part 1 of the new optimizer enhancements in MySQL 5.6. Ear Candy is a gotcha about persistent replication configuration, and At the Movies is MVCC in PostgreSQL.EventsGalera,...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 126: Subqueries and Tracking
This week we present part 2 of optimizer enhancements in MySQL 5.6, including subquery optimizations and the new optimizer trace feature. Ear Candy talks about what "hole punching" is with regards to...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 127: No Sweat Slaves
This week we begin to discuss replication features in MySQL 5.6. Ear Candy is a LOAD DATA INFILE bug and using CSV to get beyond it; At the Movies is Suzan Bond talking about "The Art of...
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