MySQL founder leaves Sun due to dissatisfaction
MySQL founder leaves Sun. “The main reason for leaving was that I am not satisfied with the way the MySQL server has been developed,” Widenuis blogged. Sun acquired MySQL last year. MySQL Founder Monty...
View ArticleSome problems with XAMPP 1.7.0 and Windows 7
For some reason, I couldn’t get XAMPP 1.7.0 working in Windows 7. There appears to be some sort of issues. I tried the zip package or the 7z package and both have the same result. Instead I found XAMPP...
View ArticleHow to optimize MySQL database with a command
When you delete large portions for data from your MySQL table, the database becomes more fragmented. It is always a good idea to re-optimize your MySQL database especially if you have a lot of varying...
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How to import and export MySQL database into an SQL file
Or Gzip for the matter. Here’s the command to run in your UNIX-based server to import or export via an SQL file, this is useful for performing backup and restoring of a MySQL database. (I wrote a...
View ArticleMy disk got full
I just realized I totally used up my disk space in my slice: [code lang=”bash”]briecheese ~: sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start [sudo] password for me: * /etc/init.d/mysql: ERROR: The partition with...
View ArticleHow to repair MySQL tables
There are generally 2 ways of repairing MySQL tables using the command line. First is to use “mysqlcheck“, the other is to use “myisamchk” (only for MyISAM). This is more for my own information. This...
View ArticleHow to log slow MySQL queries
I haven’t been generous enough to spend money on higher RAM for my blogs. I started to notice slow downs in the blog recent, particularly caused by a particular plugin that does related posts. I found...
View ArticleOracle shuts down open source test servers
Oracle shuts down open source test servers that PostgreSQL uses to test their builds. PostgreSQL is competing with Oracle’s MySQL and Oracle Database. Oracle shuts down open source test servers Like...
View ArticleHow to install mysql2 gem in Ubuntu
Got an error message when you install the mysql2 gem in Ubuntu? Before you install mysql2, make sure you have libmysqlclient-dev installed or you’ll get the following: [code...
View ArticleMySQL.com compromised by SQL injection
This day just had to come: MySQL.com compromised MySQL.com (the official site for the MySQL database) was compromised via (shocking!) blind SQL injection. A post was sent today to the full disclosure...
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