There has to be a better way

Have you ever been in the situation that someone has asked you to just do a little something on their website, and you have to ask the dreaded question "what are the login details?". Chances are they don't know. Some bloke years ago set it up for them,… more »

One down, one to go

The Memcached talk went down well and I was pleased that a number of people said how they could now understand how memcached could help them in their applications. This is really why I do these things - so that others can see the benefits of tools like… more »

Memcached and MySQL.com

Seems like more secrets are being let out of the bag. MySQL Enterprise provides support for Memcached - a distributed memory-based caching system, and I've been asked to present a webinar discussing how we've used memcached in the MySQL.com… more »

MySQL 5.1 - Pssst! The secret is out!

MySQL 5.1 went GA (Generally Available) recently. Can I let you in on a secret? Promise you won't tell anyone? The MySQL.com websites have been using 5.1 for 18 months now. It is a little known fact that quite often before even beta testers get hold of… more »

MySQL Query Analyzer - first impressions

I've now been playing with MySQL Enterprise Monitor in its latest guise (which includes the Query Analyzer) for a number of days. To be honest, this is pretty amazing stuff. Once installed, all you have to do is point your applications to port 4040 on… more »