Older Posts

‘MySQL’ Category


MySQL Memory Settings

These are some settings values I look at when I start up a new MySQL instance. Not all instances of MySQL will have the same, ...
Post on 19th of February 2010
Continue Reading...

Help to make your database and wordpress secure

Every now and then you see a site that has been hacked due to lack of security. I make it a practice to update my ...
Post on 9th of February 2010
Continue Reading...

Having is not a replacement for a where clause!

Even a query that is checking against an good index will result in a table scan if it is poorly written.  It seems some people ...
Post on 6th of February 2010
Continue Reading...

MySQL Regular Expressions

I added a page with a reg expression cheat sheet, so I wanted to post how MySQL can use reg expressions in select queries. I ...
Post on 5th of February 2010
Continue Reading...

Why is the dev.mysql.com link so important?

What is a link? A link is a reference on a web page that references some other place on the same page or somewhere else on ...
Post on 4th of February 2010
Continue Reading...

MySQL Rotate Tables C program

I have written a little c program that will rotate tables and keep older tables for specified time. I use this program in a few ...
Post on 2nd of February 2010
Continue Reading...

Following your replication flow

Many environments I manage are large and span over multiple data centers across the world. We replicate data across and sometimes need to have a ...
Post on 2nd of February 2010
Continue Reading...

Finding cache hit ratio

What is your cache hit ratio. This is a simple bash script to see your cache hit ratio. Data caches that hold often-referenced application data. Code caches ...
Post on 31st of January 2010
Continue Reading...

Load Balancing with DSR

I have many environments that use hardware load balancers. This can be very costly sending a lot of traffic through a load balancer. So we ...
Post on 31st of January 2010
Continue Reading...

Kill long sleeping connections

I have many servers that have applications that do not close connections properly or that use a connection pool. Sometimes I get a lot ...
Post on 31st of January 2010
Continue Reading...
Twitter Delicious Facebook Digg Stumbleupon Favorites More
Designed by: MySQL How 2

Switch to our mobile site