At this year’s MySQL Conference & Expo, taking place in Santa Clara, California in mid-April, I’m giving two sessions:

• Best Practices for Database Administrators
• Database Security Using White-Hat Google Hacking

You can see more info about me here, including descriptions of the workshops.

I look forward to seeing many of you there. Make sure you say hello!

Finally! The ability to look a little closer into what's happening with SHOW PROFILEHere’s how it works:mysql> set profiling=1;mysql> select count(*) from mysql.user;+----------+| count(*) |+----------+| 5 |+----------+1 row in set (0.00 sec)mysql> show profile;+--------------------------------+----------+| Status | Duration |+--------------------------------+-----

Dear Readers,

I have a favour to ask. Please register for the first hands-on workshop about programming CouchDB.

Here is the story:

With my slight NADD infection I have, of course, set up a Google Alert on CouchDB. A few weeks ago, an alert came in that surprised me. Fortunately in a good way. The call for papers of the 2008 edition of XTech, a (duh) tech conference in Dublin, Ireland, asked specifically for CouchDB related submission.

How cool is that?

I sent in a whole bunch of proposals, just to make sure one gets through and it …

Dear Readers,

I have a favour to ask. Please register for the first hands-on workshop about programming CouchDB.

Here is the story:

With my slight NADD infection I have, of course, set up a Google Alert on CouchDB. A few weeks ago, an alert came in that surprised me. Fortunately in a good way. The call for papers of the 2008 edition of XTech, a (duh) tech conference in Dublin, Ireland, asked specifically for CouchDB related submission.

How cool is that?

I sent in a whole bunch of proposals, just to make sure one gets through and it …

Dear Readers,

I have a favour to ask. Please register for the first hands-on workshop about programming CouchDB.

Here is the story:

With my slight NADD infection I have, of course, set up a Google Alert on CouchDB. A few weeks ago, an alert came in that surprised me. Fortunately in a good way. The call for papers of the 2008 edition of XTech, a (duh) tech conference in Dublin, Ireland, asked specifically for CouchDB related submission.

How cool is that?

I sent in a whole bunch of proposals, just to make sure one gets through and it …

The MySQL User's conference will be held in less than a month from now!!!

This year there is quite a good number of sessions on adding your own functions and procedures, such as:

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• Advanced Stored Procedures
  
• A Tour of External Language Stored Procedures for MySQL
  
• Code Generators for MySQL Plugins and User Defined Functions (UDFs)
  
• …

There will be a MySQL meetup on the start date for all of the US employees this next Monday, March 24th, at 7PM at the Elysian in Seattle.

We will provide beer, quesadillas and nachos, and giving away t-shirts (first come first serve). Come find out all about the integration of Sun and MySQL.

The Summer of Code is back.

Students, if you want to apply for a project with MySQL, be aware of the timeline.

What you need to do now, before the submission for application opens, is to discuss the ideas already published or suggest new ones using the mailing list.
This year there is an interesting …

Just a quick note to let folks in the Bay Area know about a cocktail party celebrating the Sun acquisition of MySQL. Come meet both MySQL and Sun folks, ask them questions, and most importantly, just have fun. The reception is at Jillian's @ The Metreon, 101 Fourth Street, San Francisco, and starts at 5:00pm. You can download a flyer that has directions to the venue.

MySQL acquisition by Sun is having immediate effects on my work. While so far I have been concentrating on international community, neglecting my home country, mostly because of lack of an office in Italy, I will now have more chances to attend to the community near me.
My first occasion to work under Sun's flag will be at the Sun Tech day in Naples.
The Tech days are events where some experienced Sun technologists show how things work to an interested and skilled audience (an university is a very good place for this). The attendees have a chance to see the action and to have the experts at their disposal to ask questions and discuss the trends.
This event was already scheduled when the acquisition was announced. So this time I will sneak in with a short participation. There will be more such events, where MySQL will have a more prominent …