As a tradition (and follow up of the previous announcement posted on Oct 23, & Sep 15, 2017) we would like to inform you about a conferences & events we - MySQL Community Team - are attending together with MySQL experts in the first quarter of 2018. Please be aware that the list does not have to be final, during the time more events could be added or some of them removed.  

January 2018:  

• OpenSource Conference (OSC) Osaka, Japan, January 26-27, 2018

  • We are happy to announce MySQL attendance and MySQL session at the OSC event in Osaka, Japan. Please do not miss to …

Our pleasure to announce that MySQL Community team is present at the RoOUG event with two MySQL talks. Please find the details below:

• Date: December 12, 2017
• Place: Bucharest, Romania (Oracle Romania, Floreasca Park, ground floor GF13)
• Agenda:
  • 18:30 – 18:40 – Registration
  • 18:40 – 19:30 – MySQL InnoDB Cluster – speaker Frédéric Descamps, MySQL Community Manager
  • 19:30 – 19:45 – Coffee Break
  • 19:45 – 20:35 – MySQL Document Store – speaker Frédéric Descamps, MySQL Community Manager
  • 20:35 – 21:00 – Q&A, networking
• URL (more information and registration):  …

Building on community

Percona is very committed to open source database software. We think of ourselves as unbiased champions of open source database solutions. With that, we also carry a responsibility to the open source database community – whether MySQL®, MongoDB®, ProxySQL or other open source database technology. We’ve seen that, and taken action by hiring a Community Manager.

That’s me. Which is great… For me!

And my job, in a nutshell, is to help to make our community great for you. By building on the good stuff that’s been done in the past and finding ways to do more.

The common thread tying the community together is the sharing of information, experience, and knowledge. Hundreds of you have taken part in Percona Live or Percona Live Europe — thank you for that! …

Above the events announced on September 15, 2017 MySQL experts and / or MySQL Community team is going to attend following events below. Please mark your calendars for:

• MySQL User Camp, Bangalore, India, November 10, 2017
  • Next MySQL User Camp in Bangalore, India will be hold on Nov 10, see details below:
    • Date: November 10, 2017
    • Time: 3-5:30 pm
    • Agenda:  
      • Router with Demo
      • InnoDB Features in 5.7
      • MySQL Enterprise Backup: A deep dive
    • Venue: …

We are happy to invite you to the first MySQL Meetup of the MySQL UAE User Group! Please find more details below:

• Date: Wednesday, October 4th, 2018
• Time: 6-8pm
• Agenda: MySQL Overview or Welcome to MySQL Ecosystem
  • Abstract: MySQL is the most popular open-source database in the world and has been downloaded and/or distributed by MySQL sites over 100 million times. With its outstanding speed, reliability, and ease of use, MySQL has become the preferred choice for Web, SaaS, ISV, and telecom companies like Facebook, Uber, Paypal and many others. In this short overview we will highlight some of the MySQL use cases and will look at how booking.com use MySQL today. 
• Presenter: Carsten Thalheimer …

In my previous article about roles I said that one of the problems with role usage is that roles need to be activated before they kick in. Let's recap briefly what the problem is:

## new session, as user `root`

mysql [localhost] {root} ((none)) > create role viewer;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

mysql [localhost] {root} ((none)) > grant select on *.* to viewer;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

mysql [localhost] {root} ((none)) > create user see_it_all identified by 'msandbox';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

mysql [localhost] {root} ((none)) > grant viewer to see_it_all;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

## NEW session, as user `see_it_all`

mysql [localhost] {see_it_all} ((none)) > use test
ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user 'see_it_all'@'%' to database 'test'

mysql [localhost] {see_it_all} ((none)) > show grants\G …

It's our pleasure to announce that MySQL Community team is supporting multiple shows around the world. Please find a list of conferences & events where you can find us in August & September below:

NA&LAD

• UbuCon LA,Lima, Peru, Aug 18-19, 2017

  • MySQL Community team is supporting this small Ubuntu conference in LAD as Platinum sponsor.  
• Pacific Northwest PHP, Seattle, US, Sep 9-11, 2017
  • You can find our team at the MySQL Community booth in the expo area.
• Madison PHP, Madison, US, Sep 22-23, 2017
  • MySQL Community team is supporting this PHP conference as Community partner.
  …

One of the goals of the MariaDB Foundation is to help new contributors understand the source code and to lower the barrier for new participants. One way to measure this is to look at the number of pull requests received and accepted, as these mostly reflect community contributions. The figures below are for the main […]

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