tim bray coined MARS: it stands for ?mysql + apache + ruby + solaris.? (get the shirt.)

bill de hóra proposed MADD: ?mysql + apache + django + debian.?

when forwarding the above to an internal mailing list at mysql, i proposed MAUDE: ?mysql + apache + ubuntu + django + eclipse.? the logo would be a picture of bea arthur, of course.

but mårten mickos, ceo of mysql, came up with MARTEN: ?mysql + apache + ruby + tomcat + eclipse + nagios.?

or would that be åpache?

I went to Microsoft with Arjen the other day. We talked with Eric Lippert about some new features of C# 3.0 and how MySQL might integrate itself more deeply into the Microsoft Development Environment.

More details if anyone makes noise about being interested.

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SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS shows current InnoDB status, including deadlocks. I was thinking a while back it would be nice to have a log of all deadlocks. Well, I got my answer:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/innodb-monitor.html

To cause the standard InnoDB Monitor to write to the standard output of mysqld, use the following SQL statement:

CREATE TABLE innodb_monitor (a INT) ENGINE=INNODB;

The monitor can be stopped by issuing the following statement:

DROP TABLE innodb_monitor;

The ever cryptic Mr. Love posted a screenshot of a very funny NetworkManager easter egg with a checkbox for “sniff key and login automatically” when configuring the connection to wireless network. I wonder if we should make a GUI in the same spirit for setting up new MySQL replication slaves, with some kind of option “crack password and copy all data automatically”.

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Recently I joined a networking group, and I received a spreadsheet containing their membership rolls. Of course the first thing I wanted to do was import it into MySQL. Then someone in the forums asked about the very same thing, so I thought I'd document this process here.

The first challenge was the fact that the membership list was on three separate worksheets, and each had a different column layout. I saved the worksheets into text files and imported them into Microsoft Access since it has the facility to create tables using columns derived from text in the first row of the file. I then imported these tables into a MySQL database.

From there I was able to juxtapose the columns correctly and merge these tables into one, with the addition of a new column indicating which worksheet each row originally came from. Then the fun began. There were two columns, one for current employer and another with a list of past …

OK, back from the Users Conference, which was an absolute blast (will write about my thoughts on that a little later today). I've finally gotten around to cleaning up two slide decks for my Index Tuning and Coding Techniques for Optimal Performance and Performance Tuning Best Practices. I exported the slides to PDF format so that there were no cross platform issues. Cheers!

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Once Greg Linden had pinged me about BigTable (leading to yesterday's entry), it occurred to me to ask Greg for his own war stories, both at Findory and Amazon. We hear a recurrent theme: the use of flat files and custom file systems. Despite the furor that ensued in the comments when Mark Fletcher and Gabe Rivera noted that they didn't use traditional SQL databases, Web 2.0 applications really do seem to have different demands, especially once they get to scale. But history shows us that custom, home-grown solutions created by alpha geeks point the way to new entrepreneurial opportunities... Greg wrote: There are a couple stories I could tell, one about the early systems at Amazon, one about the database setup at Findory.

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Finally back home after some R&R at Yosemite before leaving the US. In conclusion, to sum up my experience of the 4th Annual MySQL Users Conference “Excellent”.
Here’s my take. Friends, Functionality & New Features, the Future.

Friends

I’ve used MySQL now for over 6 years, and full time for a number of years, yet I’ve only become active in the MySQL community, particularly Planet MySQL in the past 6 months. Over that time, I’ve read a lot from members, and heard from many people. It was great at the conference to meet many of these people for the first time. The list includes: Community Members - Frank Mash, …

MySQL AB :: MySQL: The World’s Most Popular Open Source Database

The cool thing is I wasn’t the one who noticed it. A holler goes out to Timmeah!

Julian Cash has been taking very cool shots of various people (attendees and employees) at the MySQL Users Conference - check them out!