MySQL Books: MySQL Cookbook 4th Edition
The fourth edition of the MySQL Cookbook, solutions for database developers and administrators is a huge book, 938 pages ! And the least we can say is that you get what you pay for ! This book is an excellent…
How to Migrate from MariaDB to MySQL 8.0
We are seeing increasing requests for migrations from MariaDB to MySQL. MariaDB has significantly diverged, and is no longer drop-in compatible with MySQL. To migrate from MariaDB to MySQL, an in-place upgrade is not possible. A logical dump and load…
MySQL Rockstars 2022
After having cancelled 2 editions of the preFOSDEM MySQL Days because of the pandemic, we were finally back last week in Brussels for 2 wonderful days dedicated to the Dolphin database developed by Oracle. During this event and for the…
preFOSDEM MySQL Days 2023 Recap
In 2023, FOSDEM returned as an in-person conference after being virtual for 2 years. With this comeback, the MySQL Team once again hosted the very popular preFOSDEM MySQL Days, a side event we have been doing since 2018. It was…
MySQL 8.0.32: thank you for the contributions
The latest MySQL release has been published on January 17th, 2023. MySQL 8.0.32 contains some new features and bug fixes. As usual, it also contains contributions from our great MySQL Community. I would like to thank all contributors on behalf…
Sysbench 1.1.0 for Oracle Linux 9
Recently Jack asked me for a Sysbench package for OL9. In this post, you can find the RPM packages of Sysbench 1.1.0 build for Oracle Linux 9, RedHat Enterprise 9 and any RPM compatible system. Sysbench’s binary is linked with…
preFOSDEM MySQL Days 2023 – the Agenda
As you know, before FOSDEM, the MySQL Community Team organizes a 2 days conference in Brussels. During these preFOSDEM MySQL Days, attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about MySQL from Oracle’s MySQL teams and selected professionals from the…
MySQL Connection Control
As a MySQL database administrator, have you ever faced a brute force attack on your database server or been the target of a DDOS-like connection flow on port 3306? If so, you will quickly understand why this plugin distributed with…
Successful RDS to OCI MySQL HeatWave Migration with Replication Channel Filters
If you tried to migrate live from Amazon RDS/Aurora or any other Cloud to OCI MySQL HeatWave before December 6, 2022, you may have encountered issues with Amazon to OCI asynchronous replication. See: Live Migration from Azure Database for MySQL…
Deploying Zabbix with MySQL HeatWave Database Service in OCI
In this article, I will guide you through the process of setting up a fully functional Zabbix monitoring system on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The deployment and configuration of the Zabbix server and web frontend, as well as the integration with…
Welcome Drupal 10 ! – How to easily deploy Drupal 10 on OCI with MySQL HeatWave
Drupal is a popular open-source content management system (CMS) that is used by businesses, governments, and organizations around the world to build and manage websites. It is known for its flexibility, scalability, and security features. On 14th December, Drupal launched…
Deploy WordPress on OCI with MySQL Database Service using Read Replicas
Oracle recently released Read Replica for MySQL Database Service (also known as MySQL HeatWave, with or without the use of HeatWave accelerator for OLTP and OLAP). Read Replicas are read-only copies of the MySQL DB system in the same region.…
