One of those projects I have been meaning to do is add dtrace support
to MySQL. Since I have been working with the Sun this has been on my
list to do.

What is DTrace? It is a way to dynamically trace/measure an
application for systems supporting DTrace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dtrace

The project of adding these really was more about research then about
actual code. While there are a number of resources on the web for
adding dtrace probes to C, there are few that exist for C++. Also, C+
+ requires a later version of Solaris then what comes installed on
machines that Sun ships, so you will need to have a fairly recent
install of Solaris Express to make use of this.

First I am going to define a couple of probes in probes.d:

provider mysql {

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Just came off today's MySQL University session about How to Build MySQL on Windows - Reggie did a great job on explaining how to build the MySQL Server from Source on Windows using the Microsoft development toolchain and some additional required tools. I am glad to hear that we're making progress on making it easier for Windows developers to work with the source code and Reggie and the other members of our Windows Task Force (what a nice acronym this one makes!) have plenty of other ideas for improving that experience.

If you missed his session, the audio file and IRC log will be published from the MySQL University pages shortly.

And in case you haven't heard about MySQL University before, check out the pages on the …

There's a slew of open source conferences coming up this fall in the US and in Europe. Here are a few of the highlights: -Utah Open Source Conference, Sept 6-8, Provo -Rails Conf Europe, Sept 17-19, Berlin -Gartner Open Source Summit, Sept 19-21, Las Vegas -Zend PHP Conference, Oct 8-11, San Francisco -MySQL European Conferences, Oct 16, 18, 23, London, Munich, Paris There's a wide range of choices. If you're a hard core PHP or Rails developer, then hit the technical conferences. If you're a manager looking to figure out a best practices open source strategy, then the Gartner show... READ MORE

I mentioned earlier that I'd blog about progress on the book as we go. It's not only progress on the book itself -- I want to write about the process of writing, because I think it's very interesting and relevant to software engineering. I'm finding a lot of the work in writing a book comes from some of the same things that make software hard: coordinating work, deciding what should go where, and so on.

Thanks to our friends at Meinberg we (the NTP Pool) are giving away some awesome equipment for time keeping.

If you have a reasonably connected server with a static IP address (see the requirements), please join the pool. Literally millions of users are counting on you! Any old server that can keep track of the time can run ntpd too. The cpu requirements are really minimal, so your current MySQL/Apache/whatever load is not going to be affected. If you are able to setup a GPS antenna then you can also go apply for the GPS devices. They are really really cool.

Or in any case, if you are able then please …

Thanks to our friends at Meinberg we (the NTP Pool) are giving away some awesome equipment for time keeping.

If you have a reasonably connected server with a static IP address (see the requirements), please join the pool. Literally millions of users are counting on you! Any old server that can keep track of the time can run ntpd too. The cpu requirements are really minimal, so your current MySQL/Apache/whatever load is not going to be affected. If you are able to setup a GPS antenna then you can also go apply for the GPS devices. They are really really cool.

Or in any case, if you are able then please …

I’m a bit late with that “news” but I have the second article about Oracle 10g Grid Control Extensibility published in Q3 2007 issue of IOUG SELECT Journal magazine. If you are interested in that topic I should reference you back to my presentation from IOUG where I created a sample MySQL monitoring plugin. It wasn’t [...]

Ok, so the week is not over yet - but I have to name these entries somehow ;-)
And it's actually "solo again" as I used to run my own business back when I lived in The Netherlands.
Anyway... the first week at Open Query.

First booked customer?
Training. Multiple people, multiple modules. Good.

First consulting customer?
A referral - thanks Steve!
Environment: Windows (someone up there must hate me ;-), or actually a Microsoft shop (including MS-SQL) that happens to have one app on MySQL. Actually, the fact that this server runs Windows actually matters very little. But it *was* interesting to hear this fellow speak about MS-SQL and compare some things.

Microsoft SQL Server has a nice GUI for maintenance, you set up some stuff and schedule other regular things. MySQL Administrator can do some of that (and looks very …

Late last week we introduced a revised design and navigation on the MySQL web site home page.  The home page had become somewhat cluttered over time with lots of competing banners and news items and we wanted to streamline it to make it easier to read and project a more professional image.  I think the web team did a great job on this updating simultaneously in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese.  So far, response has been great.  …

Late last week we did a minor change to the layout of the MySQL home page and navigation.  While there are still a few minor issues to be corrected, overall the response has been favorable.  The key thing we wanted to do was reduce some of the clutter on the home page and provide a more streamlined and professional look.  The web team did a great job launching English, French, German, Italian and Japanese versions simultaneous.   You'll also see some other nice graphic design elements throughout the …