I recently explored the mysql-utilities scripts available on launchpad ( https://launchpad.net/mysql-utilities ) The examples below are from my local test db.
The code is available via a quick bzr download after you sign in with your launchpad id of course.

bzr launchpad-login <user_id_ from_launchpad> 

bzr branch lp:~mysql/mysql-utilities/trunk 
MySQL Utilities code does have some requirements, Python between 2.6 and 3.x . So check your python version , some of the distributions have older versions. ( # python –version ) If you want the manuals, then Sphinx (which also requires Jinja) is also required. Of course a connector to the database would be helpful. You can get the latest python connector, via launchpad as well, at …

PECL/mysqlnd 1.1.2-stable has been released. The mysqlnd replication and load balancing plugin for PHP 5.3/5.4 finally got the download label it deserves: stable, ready for production use! PECL/mysqlnd_ms makes using any kind of MySQL database cluster easier.

• Download PECL/mysqlnd from pecl.php.net
• Documentation at the PHP Reference Manual

Key features

The release motto of the 1.1 series is “cover MySQL Replication basics with production quality”, which shows that the plugin is optimized for supporting MySQL replication cluster. But with its feature set it is not limited to. MySQL Cluster users will also profit from it.

• Automatic read/write …

Working with replication, you come across many topologies, some of them sound and established, some of them less so, and some of them still in the realm of the hopeless wishes. I have been working with replication for almost 10 years now, and my wish list grew quite big during this time. In the last 12 months, though, while working at Continuent, some of the topologies that I wanted to work with have moved from the cloud of wishful thinking to the firm land of things that happen. My quest for star replication starts with the most common topology. One master, many slaves.

It looks like a star, with the rays extending from the master to the slaves. This is the basis of most of the replication going on mostly everywhere nowadays, and it has few surprises. Setting aside the …

I’ll be talking about How Fractal Trees Work  today at MIT in the Computational Research In Boston and Beyond (CRIBB) seminar (http://www-math.mit.edu/crib/2011/nov4.html). The talk is at 12:30 in the Stata Center room 32-141.  Pizza available before.

This talk will be academically-oriented (not much marketing).  The abstract is as follows:

Most storage systems employ B-trees to achieve a good tradeoff between the ability to update data quickly and to search it quickly.  It turns out that B-trees are far from the optimimum in this tradeoff space. I’ll talk about Fractal Tree indexes, which were developed in a collaboration between MIT, Stony Brook, and Rutgers.  I’ll talk about how they work, and what their performance bounds are.  My startup, Tokutek, is commercializing fractal tree …

Starting with PHP mysqli is easy, if one has some SQL and PHP skills. To get started one needs to know about the specifics of MySQL and a few code snippets. Using MySQL stored procedures with PHP mysqli has found enough readers to begin with a “quickstart” or “how-to” series. Take this post with a grain of salt. I have nothing against Prepared Statements as such, but I dislike unreflected blind use.

Using prepared statements with mysqli

The MySQL database supports prepared statements. A prepared statement or a parameterized statement is used to execute the same statement repeatedly with high efficiency.

Basic workflow

The prepared statement execution consists of two stages: prepare and execute. At the prepare stage a statement template is send to the database server. The server performs a syntax …

Global transaction IDs are being considered for a future version of MySQL. A global transaction ID lets you determine a server’s replication position reliably, among other benefits. This is great when you need to switch a replica to another master, or any number of other needs.

Sometimes you can’t wait for the real thing, but an imitation is good enough for your needs. That’s why we built a pseudo global transaction ID into pt-heartbeat, the replication heartbeat tool included with Percona Toolkit. It has some of the benefits of a global transaction ID, but it works on any version of MySQL.

Now why would we want this, and who cares anyway? Good question. Let me tell you a tale of two datacenters. Once upon a time, one of our customers had a very “tall” replication topology, with servers replicating back and forth across datacenters …

Part Two of Two: Checking on database activity when running a large DML (Data Manipulation Language) statement – such as INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE or SELECT.

Part Two: Monitoring the activity via Perl and SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS. (part of the InnoDB Monitors)

In part one, I showed you how to use a Perl script to insert a million rows of dummy data into a table. I needed a large database in order to test a Perl script that I would use to monitor the activity when running a large DML statement.

The original reason for creating both of these scripts was to find a quick way to see if a large DML statement was actually being executed. A customer was performing some modifications on …

Managing the databases of any kind of any size in the production environment requires the administrators to remain up to date and on the toes every time. They need to learn fast and apply their knowledge fast. Keeping abreast of the newer features and the troubleshooting techniques is must for them and this Log Buffer [...]

 A big congrats to Shlomi Noach  for his MySQL Oracle ACE.


You can find Shlomi's code and blogs at http://code.openark.org/blog/.

Read the original article at Book Review – Effective MySQL

Effective MySQL: Optimizing SQL Statements by Ronald Bradford No Nonsense, Readable, Practical, and Compact I like that this book is small; 150 pages means you can carry it easily.  It’s also very no nonsense.  It does not dig too deeply into theory unless it directly relates to your day-to-day needs.  And those needs probably cluster [...]

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