This Thursday (June 10th, 14:00 UTC), Darren
Cassar will rerun his February 25 presentation of Securich - Security Plugin for MySQL.
(Recording of the session failed in February; hopefully it will
succeed this time.) According to Darren, the author of the
plugin, Securich is an incredibly handy and versatile tool for
managing user privileges on MySQL through the use of roles. It
basically makes granting and revoking rights a piece of cake, not
to mention added security it provides through password expiry and
password history, the customization level it permits, the fact
that it runs on any MySQL 5.0 or later and it's easily deployable
on any official MySQL binary, platform independent.
More information here: …
Jun
09
2010
Jun
09
2010
Translation of "Chapter 3. Wrong data in database or what to do with problem DML query." of "Methods for searching errors in SQL application" just published.
This is short chapter which discuss single method of
dealing with mysterious DML query.
Chapter 3. Wrong data in database or what to do with problem DML
query.
Problems with wrong data happens not only with SELECT queries
like
cases we discussed in chapter 2, but in cases of querires which
modify
data: DML queries.
Lets discuss example below
mysql> create table t1(f1 int);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
…
Jun
05
2010
Glyn Moody has an interesting piece on Why Patents are Like Black Holes where he looks at the situation when a large patent holder goes bankrupt - or is about to. His point is that even if a company otherwise can go out of business cleanly, the patents often remain as a piece of "IPR" that can come back and haunt us like a zombie.
Also Matt Asay recently weighed in on the subject:
Jun
02
2010
This Thursday (June 3rd, 14:00 UTC), Reggie Burnett, head of Connector/NET development, will present the New Features in Connector/NET 6.3.
For MySQL University sessions, point your browser to this page. You need a browser with a working Flash plugin. You may register for a Dimdim account, but you don't have to. (Dimdim is the conferencing system we're using for MySQL University sessions. It provides integrated voice streaming, chat, whiteboard, session recording, and more.)
MySQL University is a free educational online program for engineers/developers. MySQL University sessions are open to anyone. All sessions (slides & audio) are recorded; the links will be …
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Jun
02
2010
This Thursday (June 3rd, 14:00 UTC), Reggie Burnett, head of Connector/NET development, will present the New Features in Connector/NET 6.3.
For MySQL University sessions, point your browser to this page. You need a browser with a working Flash plugin. You may register for a Dimdim account, but you don't have to. (Dimdim is the conferencing system we're using for MySQL University sessions. It provides integrated voice streaming, chat, whiteboard, session recording, and more.)
MySQL University is a free educational online program for engineers/developers. MySQL University sessions are open to anyone. All sessions (slides & audio) are recorded; the links will be …
[Read more]
Jun
02
2010
This Thursday (June 3rd, 14:00 UTC), Reggie Burnett, head of Connector/NET development, will present the New Features in Connector/NET 6.3.
For MySQL University sessions, point your browser to this page. You need a browser with a working Flash plugin. You may register for a Dimdim account, but you don't have to. (Dimdim is the conferencing system we're using for MySQL University sessions. It provides integrated voice streaming, chat, whiteboard, session recording, and more.)
MySQL University is a free educational online program for engineers/developers. MySQL University sessions are open to anyone. All sessions (slides & audio) are recorded; the links will be …
[Read more]
Apr
29
2010
I read in his blog Jonathan Schwartz is leaving Sun/Oracle. Jonathan was the CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Jonathan has been the force at Sun driving open source. His voice will not be heard at Oracle so I’m wondering if this will make a change in the way projects like MySQL, Open Solaris and Open Office will be managed.
Apr
13
2010
600 new customers for SugarCRM. James Gosling leaves Oracle. And more.
Follow 451 CAOS Links live @caostheory on Twitter and
Identi.ca
“Tracking the open source news wires, so you don’t have
to.”
# SugarCRM added nearly 600 customers in the first quarter of 2010.
# James Gosling resigned from Oracle.
# VMware’s SpringSource acquired Rabbit Technologies and its RabbitMQ messaging software.
# EnterpriseDB hired Sun’s former MySQL VP Karen Tegan Padir as vice president of products and marketing.
# …
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Apr
08
2010
Brian Aker parted ways with the mainstream MySQL release, and with Sun Microsystems, when Sun was acquired by Oracle. These days, Aker is working on Drizzle, one of several MySQL offshoot projects. In time for next week's MySQL Conference & Expo, Aker discussed a number of topics with us, including Oracle's motivations for buying Sun and the rise of NoSQL.
The key to the Sun acquisition? Hardware:
Brian Aker: I have my opinions, and they're based on what I see happening in the market. IBM has been moving their P Series …
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Mar
23
2010
Marten Mickos joins Eucalyptus. Novell rejects Elliot. Perspectives on OSBC. And more.
Follow 451 CAOS Links live @caostheory on Twitter and
Identi.ca
“Tracking the open source news wires, so you don’t have
to.”
# Mårten Mickos was named CEO of Eucalyptus Systems.
# Novell’s board rejected Elliot’s takeover proposal as inadequate, will review other alternatives.
# North Bridge Venture Partners published the results of its Future of Open Source survey.
# Rob Bearden was appointed executive chairman of the board of Pentaho.
# The Eclipse Foundation …
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