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PHP UK 2012

The PHP UK 2012 has started and the three meetings rooms are packed. The show continues on Saturday the 25th where you cam catch me talking about the latest changes … Continue reading

February 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment

MySQL Tech Tour New York

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM Oracle Office 520 Madison Ave, Suite 3000 New York, 10022 Register Here! You’re Invited – Oracle’s MySQL Tech Tour Event – … Continue reading

February 14, 2012 · 1 Comment

“SQL vs NoSQL” panel at PHP UK

I will part of a panel discussing “SQL vs NoSQL along with Derick Rethans, Johannes Schlüter and Helgi Thorbjoernsson as the closing session on Saturday the 25th at PHP UK. … Continue reading

February 13, 2012 · 2 Comments

Book Review: OCA Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I: A real-world Certification Guide

Good books on databases are rare. So permit me to step out of my normal MySQL-centric role and review a new book that is very good and covers a lot … Continue reading

February 10, 2012 · 1 Comment

MySQL 5.6 Partitons and Subpartititions

At yesterdays MySQL Tech Tour in Dallas, a gentleman asked how to not only partition data but also store the indexes on other disks as a way of reducing I/O … Continue reading

February 9, 2012 · 6 Comments

Successful Dallas Tech Tour

The first MySQL Tech Tour in Dallas is over. A capacity crowd filled the room. Only a few had never had ‘hands on’ with the MySQL database and very few … Continue reading

February 8, 2012 · 1 Comment

North Texas MySQL Users Group Meeting set for March 12th

The March meeting of the North Texas MySQL Users Group will be March 12th from five to seven PM at the Irving office. Pizza will be provided and a special … Continue reading

February 8, 2012 · 1 Comment

Upcoming talks at PHP UK, Confoo and your event

I will be speaking on new MySQL features at the PHP UK conference on February 25th in London. A few days later on march 3rd, I will be presenting the … Continue reading

February 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Forums.MySQL.Com as a gym for mental exercise

The MySQL Forums seem to be have been around forever. There are groups for announcements, performance, InnoDB, Cluster, Replication, Certification, Events, questions in German, partitioning, and just under a hundred … Continue reading

February 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Collaborate 2012 MySQL Sessions

Collaborate 2012 MySQL Sessions Please mark you calendars for the MySQL sessions at Collaborate this April in Las Vegas. Date Session ID Session Details Track Sun. Apr. 22 4:30 pm … Continue reading

February 2, 2012 · 3 Comments
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