In my set-ups I have different MySQL versions (MySQL 5.0, 5.1, 5.5 and 5.6, Percona Server 13.1 and 24.0, MariaDB 5.2.10, 5.3.3, Galera 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0) running in parallel at the same time.
Up to now I have not found a practical way yet to do this with RPM or DEB packages. If anybody knows how to do it I am happy to hear about it.

So I love and need only binary tar balls. Installation and removal is done within seconds and no remainings are left over after a removal. To operate the whole I use myenv.
Some software providers unfortunately do not provide binary tar balls at all or not in the form I …

In my set-ups I have different MySQL versions (MySQL 5.0, 5.1, 5.5 and 5.6, Percona Server 13.1 and 24.0, MariaDB 5.2.10, 5.3.3, Galera 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0) running in parallel at the same time.
Up to now I have not found a practical way yet to do this with RPM or DEB packages. If anybody knows how to do it I am happy to hear about it.

So I love and need only binary tar balls. Installation and removal is done within seconds and no remainings are left over after a removal. To operate the whole I use myenv.
Some software providers unfortunately do not provide binary tar balls at all or not in the form I …

In my day job at SkySQL I work with Drupal as our content management system.  One thing we often need to do is provide a way for people to sign up for events and the like.  One such event is the upcoming SkySQL and MariaDB: Solutions Day for the MySQL® Database and unlike other events we needed to take into account the dietary requirements of those wishing to attend.

For events registration we use the Signup module and use a theme template function to provide a set of standard fields.  The code looks something like this:

function ourtheme_signup_user_form($node) {
  $form = array();
  // If this function is providing any extra fields at all, the following
  // line is …

Henrik has already posted it over on the Drizzle Blog, but I thought I’d give a shout out here too.

We’re holding a Drizzle Day right after the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo in April. So, since you’re all like me and don’t book your travel this far in advance, it’ll be easy to stay for the extra day and come and learn awesome things about Drizzle.

I’m also pretty glad that my employer, Percona is sponsoring the event.

I’m scheduled to deliver several free MySQL webinars via Percona and ODTUG in the upcoming weeks. I hope you can join me:

• February 16 – Verifying Replication Integrity with Percona Toolkit via ODTUG.
• February 22 – EXPLAIN Demystified via Percona.
• March 14 – Optimizing MySQL Configuration via Percona.

Further Reading:

• Free webinar Wednesday: …

It might surprise you to hear this, but I had no idea whether my talks would be accepted. The committee decided on that, and neither I nor anyone else at Percona is on the committee. In any case, I’ll be giving some tutorials again this year, and two of my talks have been accepted: Measuring Scalability and Performance With TCP and Diagnosing intermittent performance problems. This seems like an appropriate place to mention a few words about the conference organization.

There are several traps when using Typo3 4.5 and the direct_mail newsletter extension with an external SMTP server. Here’s how to set it up:

First of all, prepare the SMTP server (for instance, by allowing the IP of the Web server as relay host or setting up user authentication).

In the Typo3 Install tool, set the [MAIL] settings correctly (transport=smtp, transport_smtp_server, defaultMailFromAddress and defaultMailFromName). To see if it works, send a mail from within the Install tool and check its headers (the SMTP server should be mentioned in a Received line).

As a dependency for direct_mail SMTP usage, you need PEAR::Mail with Net::SMTP support. Mail.php must be in the include path. Install it on your server, or if you only have a Webspace, put the necessary files into a /pear directory and add this directory to the include_path. Check whether it works using a modified …

A big thanks to Xiaobin Lin for taking the time to submit and the related patch for bug #64248. The patch is based on 5.5.20
This should help users to restore their database faster thanks to fast index creation. More information is available via the bugs page. I have heard that this is just one of several patches he has contributed.
Contributions such as this, help MySQL to continue to deliver an always improving product.
So a big “Thank You” from the MySQL team.

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick note to let you know that I've just finished up adding some new features to XtraBackup Manager.

You can now get better visibility into what is going on inside XtraBackup Manager with the "xbm status" command.

It will allow you to see which backup jobs are running and also those which may be waiting to start, due to the maximum number of concurrent backup tasks already running.

It looks/works as follows:

[xbm@localhost ~]$ xbm status

XtraBackup Manager v0.8 - Copyright 2011-2012 Marin Software

Currently Running Backups:

+--------+-----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------+------+
| Job ID |   Host    | Backup Name |     Start Time      | …

its very informative.
i enjoyed reading this.