MySQL Sunday
The merry-go-round is running and Oracle Open World 2010 has begun with MySQL Sunday. The merry-go-round is a fixture at the northwest corner of the Moscone South building, at the intersection shared between the Moscone North building.
The keynote was interesting because Oracle confirmed that they have and will continue to invest in MySQL. The MySQL 5.5 Candidate Release is now available for download. Key features that you’ll note are 200% to 300% improved performance, the InnoDB is now the default engine, backup and recovery are dramatically improved, and the enterprise model is integrated to provide more information about internals and performance.
A little research for the comprehensive new feature list for MySQL 5.5 found a well documented page in the MySQL 5.5 Reference. Examples of things left out of the presentation, not an inclusive list of all features, are: improved operation on the Solaris platform (surprise ;-)), support for semisynchronous replication, support for SQL standard SIGNAL and RESIGNAL statements, support for Unicode character sets, a LOAD XML statement, expanded partitioning options – including the ability to truncate only a partition of a table, and may new command options.
Ronald Bradford gave a good presentation on MySQL idiosyncrasies. I thought spelling out behaviors common to Windows and Mac platforms that differ from Linux and Unix platforms was great. He’s got a new book that he co-authored on MySQL and PHP. I’ve look into the book yet.
I also enjoyed Giuseppe Maxia’s presentation on partitioning. His regular web site is here, but beware if you’ve a slow web connection because the photos delay page loading. 😉
Update on MySQL Sunday
Here are some links provided by Oracle to presentations:
- Edward Screven’s presentation
- Live Webinar: “Delivering Scalability and High Availability with MySQL 5.5 Replication Enhancements
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