Why does the mysql client says it’s 5.1.70? Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or g. Your MySQL connection id is 138 Server version: 5.1.70-rel14.7-log Percona Server (GPL), 14.7, Revision 572
Comment: Percona Server 5.1.69-14.7 now available: A drop in replacement for MySQL
June 17, 2013 By 3 Comments
Post: Percona MySQL University @Portland next Monday!
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… away from Percona MySQL University at Portland, Oregon next Monday, June 17. The latest in a series of FREE one-day educational… networking possibilities and free drinks for event attendees. If you’re in the Portland area and work with MySQL, then this is…… 
So register now! Please also join the Portland MySQL Meetup group for more MySQL-focused events in Portland If you love the…
Post: Call for papers: Percona Live London
June 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
… step up and volunteer to present your unique insights into MySQL and MySQL-related technologies either as a keynote, tutorial or breakout… event for Europe’s growing MySQL community of developers, business managers, technology evangelists, DBAs and entrepreneurs. Download the prospectus and take a…
Post: How people are using MySQL... from 1 user to 100 million (upcoming conference talk)
June 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
MySQL can be deployed in several ways, and that means you … me know if you plan on attending – and also feel free to post questions in advance below.
Comment: Performance Schema overhead
June 12, 2013 By 22 Comments
Great test and report Vadim! I think the performance schema will be a great addition to MySQL once it’s more established. Just starting with MySQL after retiring from handling oracle databases – now volunteering Thanks for sharing.
Comment: Converting Character Sets
June 12, 2013 By 22 Comments
… correct. There was no truncation: MEDIUMTEXT is bigger than TEXT. MySQL does this to make sure there’s *no* truncation, as explained in the manual – http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/alter-table.html “For…
Post: Percona XtraBackup 2.1.3 for MySQL available for download
May 22, 2013 By 3 Comments
… Percona XtraBackup 2.1.3 for MySQL on May 22, 2013. Downloads are available from our download site here and Percona Software Repositories… tracker. * * * Percona XtraBackup is the world’s only open-source, free MySQL hot backup software that performs non-blocking backups for InnoDB…
Post: Percona Server 5.1.69-14.7 now available: A drop in replacement for MySQL
June 10, 2013 By 3 Comments
…. A drop in replacement for MySQL, downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories. Based on MySQL 5.1.69, this… it. All of Percona’s software is open-source and free, all the details of the release can be found in… #1167109. Fixed the CVE-2012-5627 vulnerability, where an unprivileged MySQL account owner could perform brute-force password guessing attack on…
Post: Implementing SchemaSpy in your MySQL environment
June 4, 2013 By 2 Comments
… metadata files. Installation of SchemaSpy and Dependencies Download the latest copy of SchemaSpy jar file (….6.10 sandbox: description=MySQL driver=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver connectionSpec=jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:… into your metadata file. Donate – This is free software and John Currier asks for donations…
Post: Percona Server for MySQL 5.5.31-30.3 now available
May 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
… MySQL 5.5.31-30.3 on May 24, 2013 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). Based on MySQL… series. All of Percona’s software is open-source and free, all the details of the release can be found in… #1171941. Fixed the CVE-2012-5627 vulnerability, where an unprivileged MySQL account owner could perform brute-force password guessing attack on…
