I recently gave a webinar to the LAOUC and NZOUG user groups on MySQL Idiosyncrasies that BITE.
For the benefit of many viewers that do not use English as a first language my slides include some additional information from my ODTUG Kaleidoscope presentation in June.
Thanks to Francisco Munoz Alvarez for organizing.
The IOUG Online Education Series: Get Real with Upgrades will include next week 3 different MySQL webinars. These are: MySQL 5.1: Why and How to Upgrade by Sheeri Cabral on Tuesday, July 27, 12:00 p.
Read moreI have uploaded my three presentations from the 2010 MySQL Users Conference in Santa Clara, California which was my 5th consecutive year appearing as a speaker. IGNITION – MySQLCamp for Oracle DBA – Volume I LIFTOFF – MySQLCamp for Oracle DBA – Volume 2 10x Performance Improvements – A Case Study A full history of my MySQL presentations can be found on the Presenting page.
Read moreMySQL has a number of global buffers, i.e. your SGA. There are also a number of per session/thread buffers that combined with other memory usage constitutes an unbounded PGA. One of the most common errors in mis-configured MySQL environments is the setting of the 4 primary per session buffers thinking they are global buffers.
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