MySQL Connector/Net 6.2.0, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released. This is an alpha release and is intended to introduce you to the new features and enhancements we are planning. This release should not be used in a production environment.

It is now available in source and binary form from [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.2.html] and mirror sites (note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point of time - if you can't find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.)

The new features or changes in this release are

• Connection pool cleanup timer. We now utilize a timer that cleans idle connections that are no longer connected every 3 minutes
• We are now using stream and TCP-based timeouts to handle …

MySQL Connector/Net 6.2.0, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released. This is an alpha release and is intended to introduce you to the new features and enhancements we are planning. This release should not be used in a production environment.

It is now available in source and binary form from [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.2.html] and mirror sites (note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point of time – if you can’t find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.)

The new features or changes in this release are

• Connection pool cleanup timer. We now utilize a timer that cleans idle connections that are no longer connected every 3 minutes
• We are now using stream and TCP-based timeouts to handle …

If you want to play with Amazon cloud computing stuff, I think using AWS Management Console web interface is the best, easiest, and most intuitive approach, based on my experience so far.

My usage with Amazon Web Services has been only with EC2 up to this point. Prior to AWS Management Console, I had to set up Java, EC2 API tools, various path and environmental variables, certificates, keys, etc., etc.. It is a fairly convoluted process.

AWS Management Console is much easier, except for downloading PuTTY and PuTTYgen on Windows and tsclient on Linux, and a private key pair, everything else is handled inside the browser. Here are a few things I learned:

• Once you are in, create a Key Pair. The web interface will prompt you to save it. Do so, because you will need it to start instances and, depending on what type of instances …

Feels like a long time ago, but my talk at the MySQL User’s Conference back in April 09 on running MySQL Multiple Times to get better performance is now available online at YouTube. The original PDF of the presentation is available here.View it here: YouTube – Improving Performance by Running MySQL Multiple Times

Feels like a long time ago, but my talk at the MySQL User’s Conference back in April 09 on running MySQL Multiple Times to get better performance is now available online at YouTube. The original PDF of the presentation is available here.

View it here: YouTube – Improving Performance by Running MySQL Multiple Times

MySQL Connector/Net 6.1.2, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released. This is our latest GA release and is suitable for use in all scenarios against servers ranging from version 4.1 to 5.4!

It is now available in source and binary form from [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.1.html] and mirror sites (note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point of time - if you can't find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.)

This release introduces a couple of exciting new features.

Website Configuration Dialog -- This is a new wizard that is activated by clicking a button on the toolbar at the top of the solution explorer. It is meant to work in conjunction with the ASP.Net administration pages.  It makes it easier to activate and set …

After the slow down due to vacation and warm weather we are ready for a series of educative Italian webinars on MySQL. Here is the list:

Semptember 10@10am CET - "Top 5 Tuning tips for MySQL"
Are your applications slow during peak times? Is the database running slowly? Do you find difficult to pinpoint performance problems? Then this webinar is for you!I will cover the top 5 tips to speed up your MySQL databases from a developer as well as DBA point of view.

October 8@10am CET - "Introduction to MySQL for Windows"
Do you know that MySQL is used extensively on Windows? Would you like to learn the tools that we provide?
Join this webinar! We will discuss the advantages of using MySQL on the …

MySQL Connector/Net 6.1.1, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver
for MySQL has been released. This is a beta release and is intended to
introduce you to the new features and enhancements we are planning. This
release should not be used in a production environment.

It is now available in source and binary form from
[http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.1.html] and mirror sites
(note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point of time
- if you can't find this version on some mirror, please try again later
or choose another download site.)

This release introduces a couple of exciting new features.

• Website Configuration Dialog -- This is a new wizard that is activated
  by clicking a button on the toolbar at the top of the solution explorer.
  …

Giuseppe Maxia writes about the availability of the active development/test ("pushbuild") MySQL binaries for users—on multiple platforms.

This is a wonderful step forward in bringing greater openness to current MySQL development and in bringing greater value to the MySQL user community!  

Giuseppe Maxia writes about the availability of the active development/test ("pushbuild") MySQL binaries for users—on multiple platforms.

This is a wonderful step forward in bringing greater openness to current MySQL development and in bringing greater value to the MySQL user community!