Get the most out of your use of MySQL Cluster by attending the MySQL Cluster training course. This three day course:

• Explains the concepts of MySQL Cluster in detail
• Describes the different nodes in MySQL Cluster and their purposes
• Explains how the data is distributed and replicated in the MySQL Cluster
• Installs all the different nodes used in the MySQL Cluster
• Starts and stop the different nodes as needed
• Shows how the different configuration files work and be able to configure all possible types of clusters
• Uses the cluster in single user mode, and explains when this is necessary
• Shows how to upgrade cluster components and configuration settings
• Explains how node failure is detected and …

I’m pleased to announce that Oracle is sending some of their top technical people to speak at the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo. The conference takes place April 22-25, 2013 at the Santa Clara Convention Center and Hyatt Santa Clara.

Tomas Ulin, VP, MySQL Engineering for Oracle, will present an invited keynote talk on “Driving MySQL Innovation” during the Tuesday morning opening keynotes. With the recent release of MySQL 5.6, conference attendees will hear about the latest developments of this major MySQL release.

In addition to Tomas, Oracle MySQL technologists will also lead three breakout …

It’s that time of year again. The annual migration of MySQL users will soon begin! In a little more than one month’s time, much of the MySQL ecosystem will be gathered at the Percona Live: MySQL User Conference and, as usual, you can expect an appearance from the Sphinx Team. Stop by booth 302 to meet [...]

With each release, the MySQL database brings you even better performance. To get the most from your MySQL servers, performance tuning is important. And what better route than to take the MySQL for Performance Tuning training course.

In this four-day instructor-led class you will learn to:

• Understand the basics of Performance Tuning
• Use the tools of performance tuning
• Tune the MySQL server instance to improve performance
• Improve performance of tables
• Implement proper Schema Design to improve performance
• Improve the performance of MySQL queries

This course is available as:

• Training-on-Demand: Start training within 24 hrs of registering and follow the course at your own pace and from your own desk.
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MySQL enables innovative Developers to create and deploy the next generation of web, embedded and Cloud/SaaS/DaaS applications on the latest generation of development frameworks and hardware platforms.

By taking the MySQL for Developers course, you will learn to write applications with the MySQL database server.

This course examines the tools used by MySQL development professionals. Expert instructors reference real-world examples when illustrating how to generate complex queries, and consume them in your application. You will perform lab work with Java and PHP, connecting to MySQL databases and executing queries and stored routines.

You can take this five-day, live instructor-led course as a:

• Live-Virtual Class Event: No travel required. Follow the class from your own desk. …

Analyzing SQL Queries with Percona Toolkit, Feb. 25-28, 9-11 a.m. PST

Next week I’m teaching an online Percona Training class, called Analyzing SQL Queries with Percona Toolkit.  This is a guided tour of best practices for pt-query-digest, the best tool for evaluating where your database response time is being spent.

This month we saw the GA release of MySQL 5.6, and I wanted to check if any improvement has been made to the slow query log in table format.  Users of some MySQL appliances like Amazon RDS must use table logs, since they can’t access the file-based logs on the server.

I read the logging …

What better time to start learning about the world's most popular open-source database - now that MySQL 5.6 has been released. With its increased performance, scalability, reliability and manageability, MySQL 5.6 helps users meet the most demanding Web, Cloud and embedded application requirements.

Virtual Developer's Day for MySQL

The first Virtual Developer Day for MySQL will take place on March 12 at 9:00 a.m. US, Pacific Time. The event will include presentations and hands-on labs to educate MySQL users on essential skills and the latest features in MySQL 5.6. Register  here.

MySQL for Beginners Training

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Get the most out of the great new release, MySQL 5.6, by taking the MySQL for Database Administrators training course.

During this 5 day instructor-led course you configure replication between multiple instances, design advanced replication topologies and recover from replication, network, or hardware failure taking advantage of MySQL 5.6 replication performance.

You also gain knowledge on the following:

Set up the Server and Databases

This course teaches you how to install, configure, maintain and tune databases for a wide variety of workloads and environments. You will install and configure MySQL and set appropriate configuration options. You will also connect to the server, using …

Learn to create best-of-breed web applications with the MySQL and PHP - Developing Dynamic Web Applications course. 

After taking this course you will be able to:

• Describe the LAMP architecture
• Use the basic components of PHP to build a foundation for more complex web applications
• Understand the basic components of MySQL
• Use SQL query commands to retrieve data from the MYSQL database
• Change table data using the SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML) commands
• Retrieve data from multiple MySQL tables using Joins
• Create web based forms that interact with the end user and the data within MySQL
• Use session handling to authenticate and monitor user identities
• Describe the purpose of template systems