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MySQL 5.1 Released, Not Quite Up To Par

"It's no secret that MySQL 5.1 has been a long time in the making, with the first beta release being in Nov 2005, but MySQL 5.1.30 has finally been released as GA. MySQL users can expect new features such as table/index partitioning, row based replication, a new plugin architecture, an event scheduler and a host of performance improvements from 5.1."

MySQL 5.1 Released, Not Quite Up To Par

Mad Merlin writes "It's no secret that MySQL 5.1 has been a long time in the making, with the first beta release being in Nov 2005, but MySQL 5.1.30 has finally been released as GA. MySQL users can expect new features such as table/index partitioning, row based replication, a new plugin architecture, an event scheduler and a host of performance improvements from 5.1." Monty also had a blog post outlining some of the challenges faced in 5.1, including crashing bugs and a beta quality to most new features.

Alexander Who's Not Not Not Not Not Not Going to Move

A musical adaptation of the kids' tale "Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Meant It!) Going to Move," by Judith Viorst about the adventures of a boy who resists his family's relocation to a town 1,000 miles away from his home.

MySQL News Bites - January 7th Webinar, New MySQL Community Blog, Zack Urlocker on 5.1, Tutorial on MySQL and NetBeans 6.5, MySQL Migration Toolkit, MySQL Conference & Expo

This upcoming event will explain how MySQL Enterprise delivers higher performance for large-scale enterprise applications through Partitioning and Row-Based Replication. Robin Schumacher and Rob Young with Sun MySQL will also address how Query Analyzer provides DBAs and developers with a tool to further optimize database performance and manage scale through identifying and analyzing problem SQL code that is causing performance issues and slowdowns. Register for this event which is planned for 10:00 am PDT, 1:00 pm EDT, 18:00 GMT. The presentation is expected to run for 45 minutes, followed by Q&A.

MySQL in a Nutshell

stoolpigeon writes "MySQL is frequently touted as the world's most widely used relational database management system. Many of the best known web applications and web sites use MySQL as their data repository. The popularity of MySQL has continued to grow while at the same time many were concerned by the lack of many features considered essential to a 'real' rdbms. Such naysayers have done little to impede the growth or development of MySQL. The first edition of MySQL in a Nutshell, published in 2005, gave users a handy reference to using MySQL. The second edition, published in 2008, covers many new features that MySQL fans proudly proclaim as an answer to all those critics clamoring for a better-rounded rdbms." Read below for the rest of JR's review.

Is MySQL's Community Eating the Company?

mjasay writes "Craigslist's Jeremy Zawodny reviews the progress of MySQL as a project, and discovers that through third-party forks and enhancements like Drizzle and OurDelta 'you can get a "better" MySQL than the one Sun/MySQL gives you today. For free.' Is this a good thing? On one hand it demonstrates the strong community around MySQL, but on the other, it could make it harder for Sun to fund core development on MySQL by diverting potential revenue from the core database project. Is this the fate of successful open-source companies? To become so successful as a community that they can't eke out a return as a company? If so, could anyone blame MySQL/Sun for creating its own proprietary fork in order to afford further core development?"

Sun's Mickos Is OK With Monty's MySQL 5.1 Rant

narramissic writes "Back on November 29, MySQL developer Michael Widenius trashed Sun's decision to give MySQL 5.1 a 'generally available' designation in a now-infamous blog post. Widenius warned users to be 'very cautious about MySQL 5.1' because 'there are still many known and unknown fatal bugs in the new features that are still not addressed.' And now we get Sun's response. In an interview Monday, Marten Mickos, senior VP of Sun's database group, said, 'I learned over many years about the benefits and the painfulness of absolute transparency in open source. A little bit of debate never hurts. This is part of being an open-source company. ... People are free to blog about what they want.' Doubtless, this will do nothing to end the debate over whether Widenius will follow fellow MySQL co-founder David Axmark's lead and leave Sun.

GlassFish and MySQL, Part 2: Building a CRUD Web Application With Data Persistence

GlassFish and MySQL This is the second article in a series of articles on GlassFish and MySQL. Part 1 of the series describes the advantages of using GlassFish with MySQL and illustrates why the combination is a perfect choice for developing and deploying web applications. In Part 2, you'll learn how to develop a create, read, update, delete (CRUD) web application that uses GlassFish and MySQL. The application uses the Java Persistence API implemented in GlassFish to manage data persistence.

Poland's Central Bank does not rule out currency market intervention tostabilize zloty

WARSAW. DECEMBER 17. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - The scale of the current depreciation of the Polish zloty does not reflect Poland's economic fundamentals, which is why the National Bank of Poland (NBP) is not ruling out an intervention on the currency market to stabilize the Polish currency, said NBP president Slawomir Skrzypek. "The zloty has been very volatile in the past few months and the scale of the depreciation is growing," he told reporters Wednesday. "I'm not a fan of currency interventions, but I'm not ruling them out." "For sure if we enter the ERM2 [euro zone mechanism], such procedures would become common practice. But the current depreciation is bigger than fundamentals would suggest," he added. Over the past several months the zloty dropped 19.

Sandisk Extreme III 8GB CF PDA Compatiblity???

Hi, I just got a great deal on a Sandisk Extreme III 8GB CF card, but unfortunately it does not work with my HP iPAQ hx2755 pocket Pc, which really surprises me. When inserting the CF card, into my iPAQ, I get a message box telling me to format the card since it is not recognized. After clicking "yes" to format the card, it is still not recognized. I also formatted the card using windows vista and it still is not recognized by my iPAQ? I am wondering whether the card is any good since it is also not recognized when running the sandisk memory utility software in my windows vista computer (could be my external CF reader though?)

'MySQL, Linux powers Web 2.0' - O'Reilly

Without Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP many Web 2.0 companies would not exist today. This is according to Tim O'Reilly, CEO of O'Reilly Media and the person most often credited for coining the term Web 2.0. O'Reilly was quoted saying this in a recent media release by MySQL AB, developers of the popular open source database.

iPlayer Released for Mac, Linux; Adobe Announces AIR for Linux

Zoxed writes "The BBC reports that their iPlayer has just been released for Mac and Linux (download page). It is based on Adobe Air, but unfortunately the service is only available to UK IP address, so I can not test it out from my adopted homeland of Germany. Perhaps a UK-based Slashdotter could review it?" In related news, an anonymous reader writes "Adobe has announced a Linux version of its AIR 1.5 runtime environment that is supposed to allow rich web apps developed on it to run on Fedora Core 8, Ubuntu 7.10 and openSuse 10.3 with no modification. The company released versions for Windows and Mac OS X back in November."

SSI not relevant?

SmileyCat asked the question Are Server Side Includes Still a Relevant Technique for Managing Large Web Sites? I would argue that yes they are. SSI has been around a long time, and yes, there are drawbacks to it, but the longevity of the technology is one of the positives. It's been around a long time so IT workers know how to handle it. It doesn't have a lot of surprises. And it's not terribly complicated. The other options, like JavaScript, PHP, or CGI add a lot more complexity to a tool that doesn't need to be complex. In fact, on one site I designed, we rewrote the whole site in ASP, including the includes. Then about a month later, we converted all the includes back to SSI - it was just more effective. Client-side JavaScript is a bad choice unless you don't care whether the include is used or not - as not everyone has JavaScript turn

ZRM 2.1: Backing Up MySQL Partitioned Tables

"Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL (ZRM) 2.1 release supports MySQL 5.1GA release. ZRM provides efficient backup and recovery of MySQL database. It can perform logical, raw as well as snapshot based backups. ZRM 2.1 supports storage snapshots (LVM and Solaris ZFS) as backup images and can be converted into regular backup image later.

How To Back Up MySQL Databases With mylvmbackup On Ubuntu 8.10

"I'm assuming that MySQL is already set up and running on your system. The system must use LVM, and the MySQL data directory (/var/lib/mysql) should have an LVM partition of its own (althouth that is optional).

Bank of China not seen any RBS notice to sell-report

SHANGHAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland has not expressed any intention to sell the Hong Kong-listed shares of Bank of China as a lock-up period expires this month, the Oriental Morning Post reported on Tuesday. The newspaper cited Bank of China spokesman Wang Zhaowen and noted that if the British bank wished to sell the shares, it had to ensure price stability. According to the terms of the contract, BRS must inform Bank of China one month ahead of any planned share sale, but the Chinese lender has not received such notice yet, the Chinese-language newspaper said. Reuters could not immediately reach Bank of China for comments. The report came amid talks that RBS, hit by the global financial crisis, was considering reducing its stake in Bank of China to increase liquidity.

SLOVENIA: MERCATOR/TUS TRGOVINE not feeling crisis yet in Slovenia

The heads of two leading retailers in Slovenia, Mercator and TUS Trgovine-owned Engrotus, have said in a recent press interview that they are not yet feeling the impact of the financial and economic crisis but are adapting nonetheless to changed circumstances. Engrotus Managing Director Aleksander Svetelsek said that November and December would be relatively successful because of the festive season. Engrotus expects its sales to drop at the beginning of 2009, but the exact figures will depend on the situation on the financial market, Svetlesek said. "Conditions are getting worse, because banks are saving themselves and do not think about the economy." The retailers, however, do not plan any layoffs. According to Mercator Chief Executive, Ziga Debeljak, "We will even employ an additional couple of hundred of people by the year's end, becau

KDE 4.2 Beta 2 Released

The KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of "Canaria", (a.k.a KDE 4.2 Beta 2), the second testing release of the new KDE 4.2 desktop. Canaria is aimed at testers and reviewers. It should provide a solid ground to report bugs that need to be tackled before KDE 4.2.0 is released. Reviewers can use this beta to get a first look at the upcoming KDE 4.2 desktop which provides significant improvements all over the desktop and applications. Since the first beta, which was released less than 4 weeks ago, 1665 bugs new bugs have been opened, and 2243 bugs have been closed. Since the release of KDE 4.1.0, more than ten thousand bugs were closed, showing a massive focus on stability in the upcoming KDE 4.2.0 which will be released in January 2009, 6 months after KDE 4.

Wal-Mart has begun selling the iPhone 3G, but not at all stores

imageWal-Mart began selling iPhone 3Gs yesterday (Sunday), but if you don’t have 3G service in your area, your local Wal-Mart may not be handling them. I called my local Wal-Mart today and was told that they would not be handling them, because we do not have AT&T 3G service in this area.

Touch and Feel Before You Pay - the New Innovation in Online Diamond Retailing

Not everything, but we’re getting there real fast! In all these years of online retailing, there are some things that have not really caught on, and online diamond retailing is one of the ones that have not caught on. The reason is simple for us to understand – diamonds are too costly a product to take a risk on, and if the loose diamonds that come home are not the same ones that we ordered, it is one helluva risk to take.

Artist duo Pooja Iranna and GR Iranna prefer to remain little known

To Mumbaikars, not well versed in the colourful hues of the world of canvases, the names of Pooja Iranna and GR Iranna would not strike an instant bell. This is not just because the couple does not live in the metropolis, but because the Delhi-based artists, prefer to keep a rather low profile even in the capital, letting their work do all the talking. Having participated in many group and solo shows, their creations are in private collections at homes in India and abroad.

You?ll never guess why Cliff ISN?T appearing on Celebrity Big Brother

We were quite excited by the rumours that Cliff Richard was maybe-just-maybe appearing on Celebrity Big Brother – but unfortunately, it isn’t happening. Why? Well, apparently it’s because Cliff asked for his own toilet! Yes, seriously. “Everyone was really excited about the prospect of having a legend like him on the series,� says a source at the show. “But, early on in negotiations, reservations were raised about the lack of privacy and whether any alternative arrangements could be made. One suggestion raised was that Cliff could have his own bathroom away from the main house which would not be filmed — but ultimately that proved not to be possible.� Now, we can see why a 68-year-old singing legend might not want anyone to see him go poo-poos, but it kind of defeats the concept of the show.

The Sims 3 System Requirements

"The Sims 3 will be released in two months and if you're like me, you're psyched at the opportunity to not play it. But is your computer powerful enough to offer you the choice of not playing it? EA has just released the minimum system requirements for laptops and desktops."

Stoooopid .... why the Google generation isnt as smart as it thinks

On Wednesday I received 72 e-mails, not counting junk, and only two text messages. It was a quiet day but, then again, I’m not including the telephone calls. I’m also not including the deafening and pointless announcements on a train journey to Wakefield – use a screen, jerks – the piercingly loud telephone conversations of unsocialised adults and the screaming of untamed brats. And, come to think of it, why not include the junk e-mails? They also interrupt. There were 38. Oh and I’d better throw in the 400-odd news alerts that I receive from all the websites I monitor via my iPhone.

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