Managing SQL Drift: Ensuring Stability in Database Transitions
SQL drift is a significant challenge that occurs when SQL statements from an existing system produce unexpected results after migration to a new environment or system. These issues manifest in several critical ways: SQL statements may generate new execution errors, experience significant performance degradation, or yield differences in data integrity.
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MySQL client password security
In case you missed it, MySQL 5.6.6, also known as Milestone 9, was recently released. I have yet to install this, however just one part of the MySQL 5.6.6 Release Notes makes placing installing and testing high on my TODO list.
Read moreWhen is a crashing MySQL bug not a bug?
Answer: When Oracle acknowledges the bug in 5.5.25 (to the owner only), corrects the bug in 5.5.27 (to the owner only), yet hides all information of its existence. Recently a colleague and good friend discovered a bug in MySQL 5.
Read moreRecent Presentations in Cali, Colombia
On July 4 I gave two presentations at the OTN Tour Day, and on July 5 I have three presentations at the MySQL Training Days. This was my 3rd visit to Colombia and it was great to see a receptive audience.
Read moreVideo interviews at OTN Colombia
The following are short interviews from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) event in Cali, Colombia. One with myself and another with Sheeri Cabral . These Videos are sourced from OTN Tour Latin America 2012 .
Read moreNew security fixes for MySQL reported
6 new security fixes for Oracle MySQL have been detailed in the most current Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU). These are: CVE-2012-1735 (5.5.23 and earlier) CVE-2012-0540 (5.1.62 and earlier, 5.5.23 and earlier) CVE-2012-1757 (5.
Read moreI will be speaking at Percona Live New York
Percona is back for a second New York Percona Live Conference . As the resident New York MySQL Expert , I will again be presenting. My session will be on MySQL Backup and Recovery Essentials .
Read moreEncrypting your MySQL backups and more
Assuming you have a backup and recovery strategy in place, how secure is your data? Does a hacker need to obtain access to your production system bypassing all the appropriate security protection you have in place, or just the unencrypted data on the backup server?
Read moreWhat compression do you use?
The following is an evaluation of various compression utilities that I tested when reviewing the various options for MySQL backup strategies. The overall winner in performance was pigz, a parallel implementation of gzip.
Read moreRecent Presentations Buenos Aires MySQL/NoSQL/Cloud Conference
The first annual Latin America MySQL/NoSQL/Cloud Conference was held in Buenos Aires Argentina from June 26-28. Kudos to Santiago Lertora from Binlogic who had the vision for the conference in his country and made it happen.
Read moreUpcoming MySQL Connect Presentations
The MySQL Connect 2012 conference event being held in San Francisco on Sep 29-30 has a long list of quality MySQL speakers including myself. I will be giving 2 presentations on:
Read moreRecent Presentations at Charlotte South East LinuxFest
At the recent South East LinuxFest in June 2012 I gave two MySQL presentations. The first was on Explaining the MySQL Explain . This presentation details the MySQL Query Execution Plan (QEP) of an SQL statement and how to understand and interpret the information from the EXPLAIN command.
Read moreREPOST: A Tragically Comedic Security Flaw in MySQL
“In short, if you try to authenticate to a MySQL server affected by this flaw, there is a chance it will accept your password even if the wrong one was supplied.
Read moreThe black vodka MySQL tradition
Many do not need any further introduction to this Monty tradition at MySQL events. For the New York Effective MySQL Meetup group this was a new experience for many that I had the opportunity to share at our recent meeting.
Read moreSouth America Speaking Events
Following my 2 presentations at SouthEast LinuxFest on Friday and Open DB Camp on Sunday in Charlotte, NC, I will then be speaking at the first Latin America MySQL event in Buenos Aires, Argentina later this month.
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