Log writer process of Oracle is one of the most revered background process, a real work horse, a real charming darling who keeps the whole Oracle database system consistent and humming beautifully and many technologies in Oracle sprout from this good old process. Consistency is the key in database systems, and so in the Log...

MySQL Connector/Net 6.6, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver
for MySQL has been released.  This is the GA, recommended for use in production environments.
Major features included are EF 4.3 support, Stored routines debugger integrated into Visual studio, Pluggable authentication & VS2012 support.

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What does a cloud computing expert need to know? This is the last of a three part guide to interviewing for a cloud operations position. You can find them here – part one Operations Interview and part two Deployment Interview. Here’s my guide to do just that. 1. Database administration experience Although in some shops [...]

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To fully harness the continued improvements in performance tuning you get with MySQL, take the MySQL Performance Tuning course.

This 4 day class teaches you practical, safe, highly efficient ways to optimize performance for the MySQL Server. You will learn the skills needed to use tools for monitoring, evaluating and tuning. 

You can take this course in the following three ways:

• Training-on-Demand: Follow this course at your own pace and from your own desk with streaming video of instructor delivery and booking time to follow hands-on exercises at your own convenience.
• Live-Virtual: Attend a live instructor-led event from your own desk. Choose from the numerous events on the schedule.
• In-Class:  Travel to an education center to follow this class. A sample of events on the schedule is shown below:

This Log Buffer Edition is once again here, packed with rocking and rolling blogs from the database world. Log Buffer#292 comprises of select few posts from Oracle, MySQL and the SQL Server. Enjoy. Oracle: Pythian’s OCM Andrey Goryunov is attracted and enticed by the silent installation of EM Cloud Control 12c. Bobby Durrett is helping [...]

Continuent announced today its expansion in France. In a move to increase its presence in Europe and to strengthen relationships with existing and prospective contacts in France and Benelux, Axel Faux and Ludovic Launer have joined Continuent's team of database clustering and replication experts. The new sales office in Paris, France's largest economic center, is a continuation of Continuent's

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Oracle is the most powerful database system in the world. However, Oracle's expensive and complex replication makes it difficult to build highly available applications or move data in real-time to data warehouses and popular databases like MySQL. 

In this video (recording of our live webcast on 10/18/12) you will learn how Continuent Tungsten solves problems with Oracle replication at a

MySQL Connector/Net 6.6.4, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released.  This is the Release Candidate intended to introduce users to the new features in the release.

Some of our users have faced the situation when they need to change the connection details of the existing Database Diagram file. Let’s assume the situation when you have several databases with identical schemas which are only located on different MySQL servers and you have created a database model that was saved in a Database [...]