http://ronaldbradford.com/blog Information in black and white, and sometimes some color. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:06:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I managed to find all dependencies after some trial and error for compiling VirtualBox 1.6.4 under Ubuntu 8.0.4, then finding the Linux build instructions to confirm. It was not successful however in building, throwing the following error: kBuild: Compiling dyngen - dyngen.c kBuild: Linking dyngen kmk[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/VirtualBox-1.6.4/src/recompiler' kmk[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/VirtualBox-1.6.4/src/apps' kmk[2]: pass_bldprogs: ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/virtualbox-compiling-part-2-2008-08-18/ Using BuildBot for Drizzle has been a great way to help in the verification of the sometimes rapid code changes that are being committed. Curious why the IRC notifier within BuildBot only joined and exited the #drizzle channel in IRC, some further investigation of the IRC Documentation lead to more information ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/interacting-with-buildbot-using-irc-2008-08-18/ I successfully installed Virtual box via a few simply apt-get commands under Ubuntu 8.04 via these instructions. It started fine, after two small annoying, install this module, add this group messages. I was even able to install Ubuntu Intrepid from .iso. But from here it was down hill. Attempting to ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/virtual-box-a-world-of-hurt-2008-08-17/ For those that have been using Planet MySQL to follow the progress of Drizzle, we now have our own Planet Drizzle. You can also get a RSS feed directly from http://feeds.feedburner.com/drizzle http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/drizzle-has-its-own-dedicated-feeds-2008-08-17/ I have been asked twice this week what version of MySQL I would choose for a new project. As with most questions in life the answer is: It Depends? In general I would now recommend for a new project to select 5.1, and he is why. If it's a new project and ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/choosing-mysql-51-over-50-2008-08-15/ It may sound like either a astronomical research project or a Star Wars spin- off, but Project Darkstar is an open source infrastructure from Sun Microsystems that states "simplify the development and operation of massively scalable online games, virtual worlds, and social networking applications." The advertising sounds promising like many sites, ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/project-darkstar-2008-08-14/ TwitHire - For those employers that both have Twitter accounts and time to advertise a job in 140 characters or less. There should be a website that is devoted to everything based on Twitter. http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/interesting-site-of-the-day-2008-08-14/ Tonight I provided a scope in Best Design Practices for MySQL Applications - Part A of just how much there is to consider with a successful application. I only scratched the surface in some detail, a topic one could easily write a book on, and definitely provide a number ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/what-are-the-best-mysql-design-practices-2008-08-12/ I came across www.problogger.net by accident. Like many sites and information these days, you simply don't find via search engines because your normally searching for something specific. I did find it via several levels of hyperlinks. I really wish there was firefox plugin that would track every ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/finding-exposing-and-referencing-good-material-2008-08-10/ I attended the Ultra light startup's meeting last night for the first time. I found it most productive for the 2 hours of time to see a different approach talking about startups, to see a variety of approaches, concepts, ideas, ventures all at various stages and generally people with ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/ultra-light-startups-ny-meeting-2008-08-10/ I came across another MySQL Monitoring product today, DBTuna. I've got a trial license of this commercial product so I'll be looking into its installation, options and support and will be reporting back. http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/monitor-and-optimize-your-mysql-microsoft-sql-server-and-oracle-databases-24x7-2008-08-04/ I came across this error recently when trying to modify the data type of a column. ERROR 1025 (HY000): Error on rename of './sakila/#sql-1d91_5' to './sakila/inventory' (errno: 150) Not the first time, and not the last time. A common problem with InnoDB tables, is the lack of information, you need to ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/using-consistent-data-types-for-columns-2008-08-04/ I was one of the invited panel speakers to A panel on Cloud Computing this week in New York. As one of 2 non vendor presenters, it was a great experience to be invited and be involved with vendors. While I never got to use my slides available here, I ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/extending-application-data-to-the-cloud-2008-08-01/ Before I get to post my OSCON reflection I see I didn't post this (which I reference). At OSCON opening keynotes Tim O'Reilly Interviews Monty Widenius & Brian Aker. This provided some interesting answers in a Q & A session. Here is some of the discussion. TO: So 6 months in. ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/mysql-involvement-in-oscon-opening-keynote-2008-08-01/ Eric of Proven Scaling commented on a lack of IRC action in the normal mysql channels today when he visited the #drizzle channel on irc.freenode.net. ebergen: I'm still in #mysql-dev and #planet.mysql but they are hardly active these days [1:51pm] rbradfor: ebergen: funny, #drizzle is where the action is. [1:51pm] There ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/where-the-happening-community-people-now-hang-2008-07-31/ Use MySQL, but want to follow the new kid on the block? Want to help contribute to Drizzle? We are seeking help in compiling across different platforms. Please help us by becoming a buildbot slave. There are detailed instructions, so now is the time to take a few minutes and help out the project. The ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/drizzle-needs-you-2008-07-29/ Unless your in the desert under a rock (where rain is clearly needed), you will have heard of Drizzle - A Lightweight SQL Database for Cloud and Web. My company 42SQL is sponsoring the BuildBot for the Drizzle project. BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/building-sources-with-buildbot-2008-07-29/ BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle required by most software projects to validate code changes. Here is my environment. $ uname -a Linux app.example.com 2.6.18-53.el5 #1 SMP Mon Nov 12 02:14:55 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ python Python 2.4.3 (#1, May 24 2008, 13:57:05) Here is what I did to ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/installing-buildbot-2008-07-28/ The following Lua scripts are the examples are from my MySQL Proxy @ OSCON 08 presentation. analyze_query.lua MySQL Proxy Analyze Query. Requires MySQL Proxy Logging Module. What is released is the Version for MySQL 5.0. A generic version for all MySQL versions is not yet released. histogram.lua This script is part of the standard MySQL Proxy ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/mysql-proxy-lua-scripts-from-presentation-2008-07-28/ Today I presented with Giuseppe Maxia of Sun Microsystems Inc at OSCON 08 on "MySQL Proxy: From Architecture to Implementation". I was surprised to find that MySQL has a strong showing with a number of presentations this week. Our talk covered the basics of MySQL Proxy, what's coming in future ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/mysql-proxy-oscon-08-2008-07-25/ Between the keynotes, general sessions, BoFs that are plenty of events at http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/the-lighter-side-at-oreilly-oscon-08-2008-07-25/ This morning at http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/the-fast-paced-open-source-ecosystem-2008-07-24/ Before today, Drizzle was known as a light form of rain found in Seattle (among other places). Not any more. If you have not read the news already today, Drizzle, Clouds, "What If?" is the new kid on the RDBMS bock. Faster, leaner and designed with the original goals of ease-of-use, ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/the-new-kid-on-the-block-drizzle-2008-07-23/ Within the present MySQL ecosystem, there are limited options for dedicated MySQL Consulting in the US. Outside of the official Sun/MySQL Consulting, Percona and Proven Scaling both based in Silicon valley are the only options generally known and accepted by the MySQL Community. There is now an east coast ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/an-east-coast-option-ad-2008-07-22/ I will be speaking on July 29th in New York at an Entrepreneurs Forum on A Free Panel on Cloud Computing. With a number of experts including Hank Williams of KloudShare, Mike Nolet of AppNexus, and Hans Zaunere of New York PHP fame is should be a great ... http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/your-data-and-the-cloud-2008-07-19/