Today we released MySQL Connector/Python v1.0.9. Release notes can be found in the MySQL Developver Zone.

Connector/Python v1.0.9 contains some important fixes, especially for the Windows platform. It also comes with a new connection argument called force_ipv6, and can be used to force IPv6 when an address resolves to both IPv4 and v6. Also, RPM packages have been made available in addition to the TAR/ZIP and MSI packages.

Please use the MySQL Bugs website to report any problem.

Some useful links:

• Documentation: …

This month is a special month. It’s not because of President’s Day or even the exciting day where we revel in groundhogs. No, this month is special because the free book give-away is happening again. This is where you, the reader, gets to win something free for doing nothing more than posting a comment saying that you want a copy of my recently published book – The InnoDB Quick Reference Guide from Packt Publishing. The book is a great reference for DBAs, PHP, Python, or Perl programmers that integrate with MySQL and want to learn more about the InnoDB database engine.

So, all you have to do is post a comment here saying that you want a copy and write out a single (or more) sentence about how you use InnoDB in your development or production environment. At the end of the month two readers will be chosen via a random list sorting script that …

In my last few posts, I wrote about “How to install MySQL replication using GTID’s” (Part One, Part Two). In this post, I will show you how to install MySQL 5.6 and set up replication between two MySQL servers the “old fashioned way” using the binary log and binary log position.

I am going to create some virtual machines instead of using individual servers. But, you can also use these instructions to create a MySQL replication (master/slave) setup with real servers.

Here is …

I’m pleased to announce that my first book, the InnoDB Quick Reference Guide, is now available from Packt Publishing and you can download it by clicking here. It covers the most common topics of InnoDB usage in the enterprise, including: general overview of its use and benefits, detailed explanation of seventeen static variables and seven dynamic variables, load testing methodology, maintenance and monitoring, as well as troubleshooting and useful analytics for the engine. The current version of MySQL ships with InnoDB as the default table engine, so whether you program your MySQL enabled applications with PHP, Python, Perl or otherwise, you’ll likely benefit from this concise but comprehensive reference guide for InnoDB databases.

Here are the chapter overviews …

In my last two posts, I wrote about setting up replication with MySQL 5.6 using Global Transaction Identifiers. Even when I set up replication “the old-fashioned way“, one thought always enters my mind – did all of the data copy over to the slave? And, even after the master/slave has been running for a while, I am always wondering if the data in the slave matches the master. Or did the change that I made to that table make it over to the slave? It is probably more of a case of paranoia on my part, as MySQL replication is very reliable and works really well.

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Last week we made a maintenance release for MySQL Connector v1.0 available. The announcement can be read in the MySQL forums and the history log is available online.

Connector/Python v1.0.8 does not introduce anything new, it only comes with bug fixes. Some are quite important and it’s probably good to upgrade.

Please use the MySQL Bugs website to report any problem.

Some useful links:

• Documentation: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/index.html
• Release Notes: …

In my ongoing efforts to migrate my fun side projects and coding experiments from SVN to Git I’ve come across some of my favorite Python based apps – which are all available in their respective repos on BitBucket, as follows:

IRC Bot Commander

• What it does: it’s an IRC bot that takes commands and does your bidding on whichever remote server the bot is installed on.
• How it does it: the bot runs on whatever server you install it on, then it connects to the IRC server and channel you configured it to connect to and it waits for you to give it commands, then it execs the commands and returns the output to your IRC chat window.

MacroBase – MySQL Analytics

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This post is the second in a series that I will be doing on MySQL Workbench Utilities – Administer MySQL with Python Scripts. You may want to read the first half of this post to understand how MySQL Workbench Utilities work and how you access the scripts. These scripts were written by Chuck Bell (a MySQL employee) and are available as stand-alone scripts (see Chuck’s …

I write a fair number of scripts on this site and have posted a lot of code over the years. Generally if I am not pasting the code to be viewed on the webpage then I link to a file that a user can download; which leads to a lot of mish-mash code that doesn’t have a home. I’ve always kept the code files in a private SVN repo over the years but have recently moved them all to BitBucket Git repositories. So here they are: lots of code samples and useful bits of programming to save time.

Generic Shell Scripts: https://bitbucket.org/themattreid/generic-bash-scripts/src
Generic Python Scripts: https://bitbucket.org/themattreid/generic-python-scripts/src
Generic MySQL Stored Procs: …

In prior years a daily update from Open World was possible, but this year my schedule was too full to support it. This is my compendium of thoughts about MySQL Connect, JavaOne, and Open World 2012.

MySQL Connect was great – good sessions re-enforcing the positive investments Oracle is making in the product. I’ll leave to others to qualify changes in what elements of technology are opened or closed along the road to a better MySQL. The announcement of Connector/Python 1.0 GA on Saturday was great news and as a community we owe a lot to Greet Vanderkelen.

NoSQL is a hot topic along with using JSON objects and it was interesting hearing of some unequal testing paradigms to position non-Oracle solutions to be “better” …