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Richard Wallman - a MySQL® DBA (database administrator)

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Lesson of the week: #MongoDB update() is not the same as SQL UPDATE. It's okay - I didn't need that document anyway 😉#rtfm
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That was "fun" - setting up new @Percona #MySQL cluster, initial SST kept failing. Culprit: "skip-name-resolve" makes sstuser@localhost fail
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Things you probably don't need to do: FLUSH PRIVILEGES

Posted on 2018-07-05 @ 10:00:00

As I come across various tutorials and installation instruction manuals across the Web, there's one thing I see quite often: the unnecessary use of the "FLUSH PRIVILEGES" statement.

MySQL access control is based on grant tables, which are loaded... (read more...)

Question from Twitter: why isn't MySQL using the index I expect?

Posted on 2018-06-06 @ 10:00:00

I recently received this question from someone on Twitter:

Hi Richard I couldn't find answer to my doubt..I searched all over the internet..does MySQL always use clustered index(primary key) for select * from table?

I had a... (read more...)

Seems to be an interesting gotcha with binlogs when setting up new nodes in a Percona XtraDB cluster

Posted on 2015-06-16 @ 10:52:00

When the new server starts for the first time, it creates the binlog index file and an initial binlog file. It then connects to the clusters, finds it's not initialised and starts an SST operation. So far, so good...

The issue I've been hitting ... (read more...)

Yet another style update!

Posted on 2011-12-16 @ 15:33:01

Yes, I know it's been a long, long time, but I've finally got round to dragging this site out of the 90s and look not quite so eye-wateringly bad.

Now all I need to do is spend more time working on content! If you have any suggestions for artic... (read more...)

New site uploaded

Posted on 2010-08-27 @ 09:12:21

I've finally managed to get this updated website online - been busy with lots of work, plus been struggling getting the CSS right in the major browsers. Now that the baseline is done, hopefully I can keep this site update!