Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today announced that it has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with MySQL, Inc. that will enable Unisys to distribute MySQL software products and provide consulting, integration and support services for customers implementing MySQL open source databases in their technology infrastructures.

I’m clearing some space on the bookshelf and have a few books up on eBay looking for a good home.

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One of the things I did this weekend was knit the pattern I’d made for Sakila, the dolphin in the MySQL logo. Click on the image for a bigger picture:

The only problem is I have no idea what to do with it. I have more of the orange and blue yarn. I thought I would make it into a purse but it turned out much wider than I expected. I could make it into a big handbag but I don’t think I’d use it. Any suggestions?

The pattern itself:

dolphin: (56 sts wide by 59 rows)
When I say "k to stitch marker and remove", I mean knit to the stitch marker, and take the stitch marker off.

cast on 56 sts.
knit 2 rows

I had to tweak the pattern mid-knit, so I *think* this is the correct pattern. If the count looks OK for …

Just spotted: Microsoft CEO: catching Yahoo, Google to take time"We are a little bit late in the game," Ballmer said. "But at the end of the day it is going to be about the ability to create a mass marketplace for buyers and consumers."
Ballmer said Microsoft would seek to create a marketplace where consumers want to spend their time and advertisers want to spend their money.
It also plans to leverage the popularity of its MSN, Hotmail and Instant Messaging products, he said.
"We are hard at work on our own core services where at the heart we want the users to be in control," Ballmer said. "There is a whole set of things we are doing to let the user be in control."Oh dear Mr Ballmer... users in control will not, at least in the long run, put up with advertising bombardments and being treated like a bunch of consumers in a mass market. That's not …

Franprix and Leader Price have chosen MySQL, the world's most popular open source database, to manage the data in their enterprise-wide supply chain and product distribution platforms -- servicing over 620 Franprix stores and 490 Leader Price outlets.

With MySQL 5.1 you can store the general query log in a table. But what if you don't want to log every single statement but only the users logging in and the hosts they're coming from? There exists in fact a very simple solution that even works with MySQL 5.0 and (with some changes) with earlier versions.

The idea is to use the init_connect server variable as a hook to install a logging routine. The init_connect variable holds SQL statements to be executed for each client that connects (except for SUPER users).

We need to create a database and a table first to hold our connection log. I don't really recommend to use the mysql database for this as we don't know what might be added in there by future …

I have a new web site. I registered the datacharmer.org and datacharmer.com domains, which are now jointly my main page. (Both addresses point to the same page)


Another change involves the MySQL General Purpose Stored Routines Library, which has evolved to version 1.0 (not alpha anymore). Its home is now at SourceForge.

What is your role?
My title is Director of Architecture, and in MySQL's history that has meant I have done everything from write code, assign bugs, handle operations for engineering, talk to customers, speak at conferences, and once help peel potatoes for dinner. Today I handle technical direction for MySQL, lead architects/senior engineers, and study how are market is evolving. I also still write code from time to time.

What is your computer setup?
I use a 15in PPC Apple Laptop.

What desktop software applications do you use daily?
When browsing I use Safari, but today I read far more RSS then I read web pages. For RSS I use an application called NewsFire. It allows me to scan all of my RSS headlines and select what I want to read. For some feeds I just use the spacebar to tab through all of the articles in the feed. All of my appointments go into iCal, and all addresses go into Addressbook. …

A few weeks back Jay and I hooked up with Tom Parish over at DBAZine for the DBAZine podcast. Was a lot of fun to talk with Tom and get a chance to answer questions about open source, MySQL, blogging and a host of other things. The teaser goes something like:

The new book is ProMySQL, covering all of the newest MySQL 5 features, the MySQL server architecture, storage engines, transaction processing, benchmarking, and advanced SQL scenarios. And the authors, Jay Pipes and Michael Kruckenberg, are not too shy to open up about a big range of big topics, including whether open source software will ever displace those legacy apps (and why CIOs who insist it won't should take a closer look at what?s running in their enterprise). They also give their views on what they see as the biggest challenge to open source as …