Recently i encounter an uprising among PHP Developers that , they must write a script additionally checking the strength of MySQL user password at creation time.
So, just for note that there is ready to use plugin in MySQL named: validate_password.so

The file location is default in plugin_dir in Linux:

mysql> select @@plugin_dir;
+--------------------------+
| @@plugin_dir             |
+--------------------------+
| /usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/ |
+--------------------------+
1 row in set (0,00 sec)

List this directory:

[root@linuxsrv3 plugin]# ls
adt_null.so     auth_test_plugin.so  innodb_engine.so      mypluglib.so          qa_auth_server.so   validate_password.so
auth.so         daemon_example.ini   libdaemon_example.so  qa_auth_client.so     semisync_master.so
auth_socket.so  debug                libmemcached.so       qa_auth_interface.so  semisync_slave.so

As you see there is a …

Many application developers would know of New Relic. A SaaS performance and monitoring tool targeted towards your web application monitoring including PHP, Ruby, Java, .Net, Python and Node.

With the release today (June 19, 2013) of the New Relic Platform, custom monitoring of data stores including MySQL are now possible. Try it now free. This link will provide you a free standard account (no cost, no billing details necessary), that enables you to perform application monitoring, server monitoring, MySQL instance monitoring and monitoring of many other products via many plugins.

Over the next few posts I will be discussing some of the design decisions I made for this MySQL plugin. New Relic has certain …

FOSDEM, the free and open source developer's meeting is just 9 days away.

I will be doing one talk on MySQL 5.1 Plugins on Sunday, February 8 in the MySQL Room. Initially I was scheduled for two talks, but one was canceled to make way for another talk. I'm actually quite happy it went that way, because Jurriaan Persyn's talk about Database Sharding that is now …

Wohoo!

I just got word that the proposals I submitted for FOSDEM are appoved! I was going to go to FOSDEM no matter what, and when I saw Lenz Grimmer's call for participation, I decided to give it a go.

I'll be doing two talks:

• 
  
• MySQL Plugins - Learn about this exciting MySQL 5.1 feature
  
• Starring Sakila - A datawarhousing and Business Intelligence mini-tutorial using the Sakila sample database
  

Having the opportunity to do these talks adds to the fun, and I feel honored for being given the chance. Thank you!

This year, Fosdem looks very promising for the MySQL crowd. Lenz himself is …