What will be first? The new and updated MySQL certification or the new OSS-DB exam which is announced by LPI in Japan?

The OSS-DB is only for PostgreSQL for now, but will cover more opensource databases in the future.

There seem to be two levels:

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• Silver: Management consulting engineers who can improve large-scale database
  
• Gold: Engineers who can design, development, implementation and operation of the database

The google translate version can be found here. I found this info on Tatsuo …

Thanks to my colleague Linas Virbalas, Tungsten Replicator has just taken the next step to support full logical replication for PostgreSQL.  Linas posted an article today on his new blog describing PostgreSQL logical replication using SLONY triggers.  I saw a demo of his implementation and was really impressed.   For more information you should read the article, which provides an excellent description of how Tungsten replicates from SLONY logs.

It is pretty exciting whenever Tungsten replicates data to or from a new DBMS type, but PostgreSQL logical replication is really special.  Tungsten Replicator has been able to manage native …

Another project, which has just started, is about providing PostgreSQL with Advanced Logical Replication using Tungsten replicator. As you probably know, recent versions of PostgreSQL can do physical replication, which has …

Intro

Open source Tungsten Replicator for MySQL enables multi-master, parallel and even heterogeneous replication, together with zero-down time schema upgrades, transaction filtering and more, but all these features are hardly available for another elephant in the room - i.e. PostgreSQL. At least, that was true until now.

These article series present my recent extension to Tungsten Replicator, which enables logical replication for PostgreSQL and, effectively, opens up all the advanced …

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The following quotes are the first sentences in the replication chapter of two similar books. Both are admin cookbooks. One is for PostgreSQL, one for MySQL.

Replication isn't magic, though it can be pretty cool. It's even cooler when it works, and that's what this chapter is all about.
Replication requires understanding, effort, and patience. There are a significant number of points to get right. My emphasis here is on providing simple approaches to get you started, and some clear best practices on operational robustnessPostgreSQL 9 Admin Cookbook

Replication is an interesting feature of MySQL that can be used for a variety of purposes. It can help to balance server load across multiple machines, ease backups, provide a workaround for the lack of fulltext search capabilities in InnoDB, and much more. …

The Open Database Camp 2011 is barely one month away.
SponsorshipMany thanks to all the sponsors! We very much appreciate your support.
Speaking of what, here is some important information for sponsors: The venue owners, Sardegna Ricerche, has given us the availabilkity of an ample hall for sponsors, where they can showcase their products and services.
Each sponsor will have a desk, and a double panel sized cm 195 x 75 (6.3 x 2.4 feet).

Culture, fun, and moreThe Science park is something unique that geeks may want to visit. It is one of the biggest research centers in Europe, and the owners have graciously organized a guided tour before and after the conference.
Near the conference there is Nora, an archeological site that alone is worth the trip for a …