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A few good posts for MySQL and Postgres

Lewi — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:37:16 +0000

Thought I would share a few links that I read this morning. I don’t do a lot of link posts but these three came off my RSS, one after the other, and all three are worth sharing.

The first is Will Oracle kill MySQL? Come on people! I can’t believe people are still stuck on this FUD. Ronald gives some good reasons why that is not likely. The only thing this kind of FUD… Read the rest!

Column-oriented MySQL for VLDB

Lewi — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:45:45 +0000

InfiniDB – Open Source BI/Analytic Database

Recently ran across some blog posts about InfiniDB, a MySQL based DW and BI analytic database from a company called Calpont. I *think* InfiniDB is their only product. I could be wrong about that, though.

There are plenty of things to like about InfiniDB – Multi-threaded and designed for multi-cpu/cores, ACID compliant, recoverable, supports SQL standards and online DDL, MVCC, dynamic data compression, and FREE! What attracted me first… Read the rest!

Percona Offers InnoDB Replacement

LewisC — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:54:00 +0000

Open source the way it ought to be. Today, Percona announced a replacement for InnoDB that improves performance and fixes bugs. The new engine is called XtraDB.

According to Vadim at Percona:

It’s 100% backwards-compatible with standard InnoDB, so you can use it as a drop-in replacement in your current environment. It is designed to scale better on modern hardware, and includes a variety of other features useful in high performance environments.

The… Read the rest!

High Performance MySQL Book Review

Lew — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:06:22 +0000

I have added my previously posted mysql book review to the site under “Reference Information” -> “Book Review”.

LewisC

Technorati : book review, mysql

SQL Newbie Book

LewisC — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:05:00 +0000

I have written a new book on SQL DML. This is a total beginner book: how to commit and rollback, how to query, how to add data, etc.

Probably not of interest to most of the people who read this blog but if you know of anyone completely new to SQL, this would make a great Christmas present. Only 14.95. It is completely vendor agnostic, although the examples all use Oracle and MySQL.

You… Read the rest!

Last Week For Database Survey

LewisC — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:15:00 +0000

This is the last week to participate in a database usage survey. If you haven’t already done so, please take a few minutes to answer 25 questions.

LewisC

Technorati : database, mysql, survey

Over 200 Responses in Less than 2 Weeks

LewisC — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:20:00 +0000

Less than two weeks ago, I posted my Database Survey. As of just a few minutes ago, I have had 215 responses. That’s pretty awesome. I’d like to get at least twice that though.

I haven’t looked deeply at it yet to see if there are any trends. I think it will be best to wait until the survey is closed. I did look at some of the responses, kind of as a quality check.… Read the rest!

Infoworld Picks MySQL as Best Database

LewisC — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:52:00 +0000

Infoworld published the 2008 Bossies, Best Of Open Source Software. There are 8 categories and none of them are database:

Collaboration
Developer tools
Enterprise applications
Networking
Platforms and middleware
Productivity applications
Security
Storage

I had to look through several of them before I found the database category under Platforms and middleware. Slide 4 is the magic slide:

It says:

Database

While SQLite3 is extremely convenient for development and testing databases,

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High Performance MySQL: Review

LewisC — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:05:00 +0000

High Performance MySQL, Second Edition

Optimization, Backups, Replication, and More

By Baron Schwartz , Peter Zaitsev , Vadim Tkachenko , Jeremy Zawodny , Arjen Lentz , Derek J. Balling

LinkedIn Buys Into MySQL

LewisC — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:37:00 +0000

Hot on the heels of news that SquareSpace is using Oracle, comes news that LinkedIn is going whole hog with MySQL.

Actually, you could say that LinkedIn is buying into Sun. They are buying the MySQL Enterprise subscription and they’ll be running MySQL on Sparc servers and Solaris 10. They’ve signed up for Sun Professional Services, MySQL Professional Services, and Solaris Everywhere. I guess you could say that signed up for the full monty. Read the rest!

More in the glossary

Lew — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:40:38 +0000

I have added quite a few new words to the glossary and fixed several misspellings around the site.

My next steps will be to complete the Postgres and MySQL installation guides. I’m also taking requests for what anyone would like to see written next.

LewisC

OSCON 2008 Popularity Contest

LewisC — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:47:00 +0000

I didn’t get a chance to go to OSCON 2008. Bummer. But I can live vicariously through google. So, along with all of the announcements you’ve heard from OSCON, I know present the OSCON 2008 – Google popularity contest. This is a completely unscientific survey of google hits. I was searching blogs and news. I started with just news but the blogs hits really upped the numbers.

To run these searches, I use “oscon 2008″… Read the rest!

Is Drizzle good for MySQL?

LewisC — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:52:00 +0000

Have you heard of Drizzle? It was announced at OSCON yesterday and is all over the blogosphere. From the Drizzle FAQ:

* So what are the differences between is and MySQL?

No modes, views, triggers, prepared statements, stored procedures, query cache, data conversion inserts, ACL. Fewer data types. Less engines, less code. Assume the primary engine is transactional.

Also from the FAQ is that, right now at least, there is no intention to… Read the rest!

Results of EnterpriseDB Open Source Database Survey

LewisC — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:46:00 +0000

EnterpriseDB announced the results of the survey they did a few months ago at OSCON. Now, take the results with a grain of salt as it was done by EnterpriseDB. EnterpriseDB is based on Postgres so there is a vested interest in making Postgres sound good. Results can be skewed depending on how the survey is worded, what options are available as answers and who the respondents are.

The results summary is available for free.… Read the rest!

MySQL vs Postgres, Again – Is Postgres Better?

LewisC — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:55:00 +0000

I was browsing the web on this lazy Sunday afternoon and ran across a good article on the Rarest Words blog. The author was trying to get Django installed and running with Postgres. From the author’s own admissions, he is not a Postgres fanatic.

Well, this and last year I hear everywhere that PostgreSQL is the way to go and that usage of mySQL in 2008 makes people puke… But without any real arguments

… Read the rest!