Mysql

MySQL DML stats per table

MySQL provides a level of statistics for your INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, REPLACE Data Manipulation Language (DML) commands using the STATUS output of various Com_ variables, however it is per server stats.

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What do you monitor in MySQL?

If you are unfamiliar with what to monitor in MySQL, starting with looking at what popular Monitoring products monitor. For example, the following is the list of MySQL Cacti Plugin measurements.

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SQL Analysis with MySQL Proxy – Part 2

As I outlined in Part 1 MySQL Proxy can be one tool for performing SQL analysis. The impact with any monitoring is the art of monitoring will affect the results, in this case the performance.

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SQL query analysis with MySQL Proxy

Long before there was the official Query Analyzer (QUAN), a component of MySQL Enterprise, SQL analysis was possible using MySQL Proxy . The following is an introduction to logging and query analysis with MySQL Proxy.

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Seeking public data for benchmarks

I have several side projects when time permits and one is that of benchmarking various MySQL technologies (e.g. MySQL 5.0,5.1,5.4), variants (e.g. MariaDB, Drizzle) and storage engines (e.g. Tokutek, Innodb plugin) and even other products like Tokyo Cabinet which is gaining large implementations.

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We need more CATs

Before you think I’ve posted an animal story in my MySQL category please read on. For reference, The RAT and the CAT is something I wrote back in 2006, that explains the CAT part.

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Handy MySQL documentation indexes

Updated If your wanting to know more about MySQL Indexes on tables, then check out Understanding Different MySQL Index Implementations . I just discovered today in the MySQL 5.1 Reference Manual a handy set of additional indexes in the System Navigation section.

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Have you checked your MySQL error log today?

As a consultant I would be rich if I made money every time when asking “Have you checked the MySQL error log?” Today’s special found in a 13GB MySQL server error log.

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Setting up sysbench with MySQL & Drizzle

Sysbench is a open source product that enables you to perform various system benchmarks including databases. Drizzles performs regression testing of every trunk revision with a branched version of sysbench within Drizzle Automation .

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configure: error: mysql_config executable not found

If your compiling a product that includes a dependency of MySQL, you can easily get the error configure: error: mysql_config executable not found I generally don’t see this problem, because I use MySQL binary tar files, however if you use MySQL packages, such as Ubuntu, you can easily miss the required dependency.

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Understanding Different MySQL Index Implementations

It is important to know and understand that while indexing columns in MySQL will generally improve performance, using the appropriate type of index can make a greater impact on performance.

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What’s new in MySQL 5.4.1

Absolutely nothing? 5.4.0 was released with a change in the MySQL Binary distributions , delivering only 1 64bit Linux platform and two Sun Solaris platforms. This was officially announced on April 21 2009 however the 5.

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Never let your binlog directory fill up

Recently with a client while running a number of disaster recovery tests I came across a nasty situation which was not part of the original plan and provided a far worse disaster situation then expected.

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Understanding InnoDB MVCC

Multi versioning concurrency control (MVCC) is a database design theory that enables relational databases to support concurrency, or more simply multiple user access to common data in your database. In MySQL the InnoDB storage engine provides MVCC, row-level locking, full ACID compliance as well as other features.

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