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While there are already some blog postings from me at Oracle’s MySQL Enterprise Backup (MEB) team blog at https://blogs.oracle.com/mysqlenterprisebackup/, this blog is for my personal views and views outside of MEB.

Why the name with 2c.
The first challenge before you think of blogging is to convice yourself that maybe your views will have some value for a reader. The second is to find a name of the blog. Its not that I am fully convinced of the former but there are some things that need to be written and since the need is mine the fulfillment of the need should also come from me.

The name is to ensure to keep my words humble and respect views which may differ from mine; maybe conflicting and still right. Different people have differing views and this blog is just one view as seen by me for now.

The tagline …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Net 6.8.1, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released. This is a beta release for 6.8.x and it's not recommended for production environments.

It is appropriate for use with MySQL server versions 5.0-5.6

It is now available in source and binary form from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/#downloads and mirror sites (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.)

The 6.8.1 version of MySQL Connector/Net has support for Entity Framework 6.0

The release is available to download at  …

There are a number of technologies, apps, and social media creations out there seeking to displace blogs as the mode of sharing between surfers, but blogging has proved hardy. It has proven its mettle and it’s here to stay. This Log Buffer Edition appreciates this strength of the blogs.

Oracle:

Translating Fusion Apps Customizations: Composers mean Usable Apps in Any Language, Ultan o’Broin has more.

Do you find yourself trying several times to explain a problem in a Service Request? Does the support engineer ask more than once for clarification?

What If I Don’t Get An Exam Results …

Learn how Gittigidiyor (a subsidiary of eBay) replicates data in real time from MySQL to Oracle with Continuent Tungsten. Gittigidiyor consolidates reporting data in a single MySQL server. Transactions arriving on this server must be replicated in real time to an Oracle instance.

In this webinar, Levent Kurt, Site Operations Manager at Gittigidiyor, describes how Gittigidiyor solved their

Every day is a new journey but the path remains the same. Bloggers are advancing on this path to reach new milestones. They sometimes pace high, sometime low, but whatever, they never miss to share what they learn along the way, and present that through Log Buffer.

Oracle:

This post is about installing a Virtualized Oracle 12cR1 RAC Cluster using Oracle Linux 6.4 Virtual Machines on VMware ESXi 5.

Frits Hoogland is compressing sqlplus output using a pipe.

One of the greatest advancements in EM12c from previous Enterprise Manager versions is the auto-deployment.

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One key success factor in a great leadership is to gather great people around you. Bloggers are people, and this Log Buffer Edition enables you to gather them around you through their blog posts.

Oracle:

The PHP OCI8 2.0.6 extension for Oracle Database is now “production” status.

Oracle GoldenGate 12c released  on October 17th and includes several new cutting edge features that firmly establishes GoldenGate’s leader position in the data replication space.

Best Practices Generating WebService Proxies for Oracle Sales Cloud (Fusion CRM).

What the …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Net 6.8.0, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released. This is an alpha release for 6.8.x and it's not recommended for production environments.
It is appropriate for use with MySQL server versions 5.0-5.6

It is now available in source and binary form from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/#downloads and mirror sites (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.)

The 6.8.0 version of MySQL Connector/Net has support for Entity Framework 6.0.

The release is available to download at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/#downloads

The upcoming Percona Live London conference, November 11-12, features quite a number of talks about the latest MySQL features and related technologies. There will be a lots of talks about the new MySQL 5.6 features:

• Opening keynote highlights MySQL 5.6 new features.
• New InnoDB Compression talk will cover the new compression algorithm, implemented by Facebook and included in MySQL 5.6.
• New  …

Naysayer within us keep on erecting new obstacles, especially when it comes to the creativity. Our database bloggers are winning this fight within and producing gems of blogs. This Log Buffer edition celebrates their victory.

Oracle:

Andy Baker is shrinking a Linux OEL 6 virtual Box image (vdi) hosted on Windows 7.

So what is Active GridLink for RAC? Ruma Sanyal tells us.

Curtis is installing Oracle Golden Gate 12c (12.1.2) along side Oracle Database 12c (12.1.0.1).

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The MySQL Windows Experience Team is proud to announce the release of MySQL for Excel version 1.1.3, the  latest addition to the MySQL Installer for Windows.

MySQL for Excel 1.1.3 is a maintenance release containing a handful of bug fixes and the following minor features:

• Upon saving a Workbook containing Worksheets in Edit Mode, the user is asked if he wants to exit the Edit Mode on all Worksheets before their parent Workbook is saved so the Worksheets are saved unprotected, otherwise the Worksheets will remain protected and the users will be able to unprotect them later retrieving the passkeys from the application log after closing MySQL for Excel.
• Added background coloring to the column names header row of an Import Data operation to have the same look as the one in an Edit Data operation (i.e. gray-ish background).
• Connection passwords can be …