First thoughts of Augen Android Internet Tablet
In the last few days there has been some press of the Augen gentouch 7″ Tablet . A new cheap tablet that is running Android 2.1 . Image from http://android-devices.net There were a few primary motivations for getting one, the first being price, at $150 I consider cheap for a small tablet, and second it runs Android, something I’m wanting to play more with.
Read moreWill Oracle kill MySQL?
I get asked this question often. It was mentioned again recently in a NYTECH executive breakfast with RedHat CIO Lee Congdon. The short answer is No. There is clear evidence that in the short to medium term Oracle will continue to promote and enhance MySQL.
Read moreSpeaking at Surge Scalability 2010 – Baltimore, MD
I will be joining a great list of quality speakers including John Allspaw, Theo Schlossnagle, Rasmus Lerdorf and Tom Cook at Surge 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland on Thu 30 Sep, and Fri Oct 1st 2010.
Read moreIf you missed MySQL Idiosyncrasies that BITE
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.
Read moreCORRECTION: MySQL Idiosyncrasies that BITE Webinar
If you have not looked at my recent presentation that I presented at ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010, then feel free to join me on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT tomorrow at 5pm EDT when I will giving a webinar on this talk.
Read more3 webinars on Upgrading MySQL
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 moreInstalling WordPress on Oracle Enterprise Linux LAMP stack
A company blog can be easily configured in under 10 minutes using WordPress , a popular open source LAMP product that runs a reported 12+ million blogs including those found at CNN, NY Times, Wall Street Journal (WSJ), ZDNet, MTV, People Magazine, Playstation and eBay.
Read moreReviewing your MySQL installation on Oracle Enterprise Linux
After successfully Installing MySQL , let us take a look at an operational MySQL instance on your Oracle Enterprise Linux server. User Management By default there will be a new mysql user and group created.
Read moreInstalling a LAMP stack on Oracle Enterprise Linux
After successfully installing MySQL on Oracle Enterprise Linux installing a LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) stack can also be performed with a single command: $ yum install -y httpd php php-mysql # Start the Apache Httpd Process $ /etc/init.
Read moreInstalling MySQL on Oracle Enterprise Linux
One of the significant benefits of MySQL is it’s ease of use. Generally already installed on most Linux systems, MySQL can be installed by a single command if not yet present.
Read moreSpeaking at Oracle Open World 2010
I will be one of 18 MySQL speakers at Oracle Open World 2010 at the first ever
Read moreOptimizing SQL Performance – The Art of Elimination
The most efficient performance optimization of a SQL statement is to eliminate it. Cary Millsap’s recent Kaleidoscope presentation again highlighted that improving performance is function of code path. Removing code will improve performance.
Read moreWhat do MySQL Consultants do?
One role of a MySQL consultant is to review an existing production system. Sometimes you have sufficient time and access, and other times you don’t. If I am given a limited time here is a general list of things I look at.
Read moreTiming your SQL queries
When working interactively with the MySQL client, you receive feedback of the time the query took to complete to a granularity of 10 ms. Enabling profiling is a simple way to get more a more accurate timing of running queries.
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