A new major version of Connector/Python is available: v2.0.0 alpha has been been released and is available for download! As with any alpha-software, it’s probably not good to throw it in production just yet.

Our manual has the full change log but here’s an overview of most important changes for this relase.

Some incompatibilities

The world evolves, at least the software does, and Python is not different. I’m not as bold as the guys at Django who dropped support of Python v2.6 with the Django v1.7 release. I’m leaving it in because I’m nice.

Supported Python: 2.6 and 2.7 and 3.3 and 3.4

We do not …

In this blog post we are going to talk about one of the features included since MySQL for Excel 1.3.0, a new advanced option was added to the Export Data dialog to show all available MySQL data types on its Data Type combo-box to override its default behavior that shows only the most commonly used data types.

Remember you can install the latest GA or maintenance version using the MySQL Installer or optionally you can download directly any GA or non-GA version from the MySQL Developer Zone.

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Net 6.9.2 a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released. This is a RC release for 6.9.x and is not recommended for production environments.

It is appropriate for use with MySQL server versions 5.5-5.7.

It is now available in source and binary form fromhttp://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/#downloadsandmirrorsites

(note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point-if you can't find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.)

Enjoy and thanks for the support!

On behalf of the MySQL Connector/NET and the MySQL/ORACLE RE Team.

Dear MySQL users,
MySQL for Visual Studio is a product including all of the Visual Studio integration. The 1.2.2 version is a release candidate release of this product which is feature complete but still can contain minor bugs and is not suitable for production environments.
This version is appropriate for use with MySQL server versions 5.5-5.6.

My article on how to make the real-time processing of information from traditional transactional stores into Hadoop a reality has been published over at TDWI:

Making Real-Time Analytics a Reality — TDWI -The Data Warehousing Institute.

Filed under: Articles Tagged: analytics, big data, data migration, databases, hadoop, mysql, …

Welcome to another blog post from the MySQL for Excel Team. Today we're going to talk about a new feature included since 1.3.0, remember you can always install the latest GA or maintenance version using the MySQL Installer also you can download directly any GA or non-GA version from the MySQL Developer Zone.

In this post we will learn how to add summary fields to our data imports to excel easily.

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One of the most frequent questions in our forums is about how to get the graphical integration when using Visual Studio with MySQL databases.

When developing applications with MySQL databases there are two basics products: a .net driver for MySQL, which is MySQL Connector/Net, and a tool to integrate all of the Visual Studio database oriented tools such as the Server Explorer window. These tools are designed to make a lot easier the creation and edition of MySQL databases when using an IDE like Visual Studio.

MySQL for Visual Studio is a product including all of the Visual Studio integration previously available as part of Connector/Net. The 1.2.1 version is a beta release of this product which is feature complete but still can contain minor bugs and is not suitable for production environments.

The MySQL Windows Experience Team is proud to announce the release of MySQL for Excel version 1.3.1.  This is a RC release for 1.3.x.

As this is a Release Candidate version the MySQL for Excel product can be downloaded only by using the product standalone installer at this link: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/excel/

Your feedback on this release candidate version is very well appreciated, you can raise bugs on the MySQL bugs page or give us your comments on the MySQL for Excel forum.

MySQL Enterprise Backup(MEB) has been widely used as the most efficient tool to take backups of huge databases. The storage of backups can be done on-premises – viz, local hard disk, external hard disk drives, network mounted disk. MEB can also stream backups to tape by supporting different Media Management Software like Symantec NetBackup, EMC2 and Oracle Secure Backup. Streaming of backups can also be done using 'ssh' to another machine.

As data keeps growing, instead of expanding the storage, database users are choosing to rely on the growing trend which is the Cloud Storage.

A few facts about Cloud Storage:

1. Offers off-premises storage with AAA(Anytime, Anywhere Access)
2. Sharing of data to make a collaborative effort.
3. Highly fault tolerant, durable and scalable and secure.
4. Cost-effective

To the benefit of our MySQL database users, Mysql …