I just saw dveeden's post in PlanetMySQL.

He writes: 3. Database locator. So you've got hundreds of servers … and a multitude of databases. How to connect to the right server to reach the database you needed? Something like oracle TNS would be helpful here. What about implementing TNS for MySQL or just using DNS? How do you solve this?

krow has written a plugin that announces a MySQL server via Apple's BonJour zeroconf protocol. Extending it to announce databases in the server might be doable …

Also, I'm (slowly) working on a SNMP AgentX plugin for MySQL server. …

I have two talks in the coming few weeks, that I’m still madly writing. I’ve come to the realisation that writing talks, really does take a lot of time (when you have a deadline). Especially, if you’re doing it my style - everytime I write a slide, and find something missing in the Wiki, I go ahead and fix it. So its not actually talk writing I’m doing, but expansion of our online documentation, and keeping it in check. That takes time.

• Enhancing Competitiveness Through Technology - I’m giving this talk at the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) Annual Conference 2007. Their conference is themed around “Enhancing Competitiveness Through Technology & Law Reforms ? The Next 50 Years” and is on the 19-20 November 2007, at the KL Convention Centre. My talk is on the 20th, as I’ll be on a plane on the 19th. This is targeted at CEO/manager level, so is lighter on tech-related content, but more …

Yesterday I wrote about SHOW PROFILES in 5.1, and announced that the source code is available for you to try.
Since I have a few servers at home, I decided to publish some binaries that I compiled while testing. In the meantime, the backport patch for MySQL 5.0 was available, so I started testing that one as well.
Now, at the experimental downloads page you can find some goodies:

• source code for 5.1.23
• source code for 5.0.53
• binary tarball for Linux i686 5.1.23
• binary tarball for Linux i686 5.0.53
• binary tarball for Mac OS X 10.4 i386 5.1.23

Once more, let me remind you that this code is experimental, so don’t use it in production. But have fun with it!

Sun announces VM offering based on Xen. Oracle enlightens on Unbreakable Linux adoption. Red Hat and Hyperic partner on systems management offering. (and more)

Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz Previews Sun xVM and Unveils Partner Ecosystem at Oracle OpenWorld, Sun Microsystems (Press Release)

Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support Demonstrates Exceptional Momentum, Oracle (Press Release)

Oracle University Launches Enterprise Linux Training and Certification, Oracle (Press Release)

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one of the features we had planned for mysql connector/odbc 5.1 is native setup libraries for the major platforms. we have the microsoft windows version going, and some code to get us going on linux/unix (using gtk instead of qt), but our gui team is too busy to get us started on a native mac os x version.

anyone want to pitch in by showing us how to get a basic dialog window to pop up based on a c library call? i think we will be able to customize it from there, but i am just unfamiliar enough with mac os x gui programming that i have a feeling it would take a long time for me to get that going.

OSDC registrations are still open - did I mention we crossed the 200? For just $325 you get the 3 full days of the main conference (4 tracks for most of the time), including coffee/tea/lunches and the conference dinner on Wednesday evening, which will be a great event in its own right with ample good food, drink, Paul Fenwick's illustrated history of failure, and more.
The main program has a fab selection of speakers and topics - coz that's what you're there for, right?

Knowing we'll have 200+ geeks who gets trembling hands if they don't pick up their email (do check out my session on handling email and task overload ;-), we have wireless access throughout the conference area, basically the ground floor of the hotel is a giant hotspot. With thanks to Linux Australia for lending us a …

Yes, it may seem rather strange to the readers but MySQL has a booth at this week’s Oracle Open World 2007 and I’m here in San Francisco Wednesday and Thursday. If your in SF come in and say hi. Check out the Official Press Release and MySQL listed Oracle Resources for this conference.

An interesting recent report Oracle Users Indicate Increase in Use of Open Source sheds some light of the significance of MySQL within the Oracle Community.

The Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) has released its second major research study focusing on open source adoption trends, “Open Source in the Enterprise: New Software Disrupts the …

Yes, it may seem rather strange to the readers but MySQL has a booth at this week’s Oracle Open World 2007 and I’m here in San Francisco Wednesday and Thursday. If your in SF come in and say hi.

mysql connector/odbc 3.51.22 is available, still keeping to that mostly-monthly schedule. there has actually been an slight increase in the bug count to a little over 70. we went back through all of the bugs filed against the now-defunct 5.0 version, and that turned up some that still appeared in 3.51.

the next release of the 5.1 branch is still imminent. it has taken a little longer than planned to get the new windows setup library integrated.

Here at OpenWorld Oracle hosted a round table on its open source strategy earlier today. Here’s what happened as it happened, including Berkeley DB, Oracle VM, InnoDB, and what Oracle really thinks of MySQL. NB All comments are paraphrased unless direct quote marks are used.

The players:
Ken Jacobs, VP of product strategy, server technologies division.
Omar Tazi, chief open source evangelist
Mike Olson, VP embedded technology, former Sleepycat CEO
Ed Screven, chief corporate architect
(Moderating) Monica Kumar, senior director product marketing, Linux and open source
Wim Coekaerts, VP of Linux engineering, corporate architecture

MK: How does Berkeley DB fit into the product portfolio? Any changes since acquired by Oracle?

MO: Berkeley DB is aimed at a very different kind of user. Built by programmers for programmers providing Low level persistence. Distributed …