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MySQL Newsletter February 2004

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Articles in this newsletter:

Highlights

Products

Events

Training

Latest News

Highlights

2003/2004 MySQL Application of the Year Awards

At this year's MySQL Users Conference being held April 14-16 in Orlando, Florida, we will recognize the 'Application of the Year' for 2003/2004. These awards are designed to publicize the best applications built using MySQL and to recognize the organizations and professionals who implemented the technology.

Read more (http://www.mysql.com/events/uc2004/application-awards.html)

MySQL Case Study: Enercon Realizes Significant Cost Savings Using MaxDB by MySQL with SAP

Enercon, a billion dollar energy company, made the decision to migrate away from its closed source platform because it recognized the cost of moving from 300 users to 750 users would be very high both in terms of initial cost and total cost of ownership.

Read the entire case study and you will get all the facts and figures behind this cost-effective migration project.

Get the case study mailed to you (http://www.mysql.com/feedback/casestudy-enercon.php)

Products

Subqueries in MySQL, Part 1

Subqueries were added to MySQL in version 4.1, which has been available for testing since April 2003. Over a series of articles, Jeremy Cole will walk you through some practical uses for subqueries, and go through a number of examples. If you haven't used subqueries before, this is for you!

Read the full article (http://www.mysql.com/articles/subqueries_part_1.html)

MySQL Administrator 1.0.1a Has Been Released

MySQL Administrator, a new powerful graphical administration client has been released. MySQL Administrator eases the administration of MySQL Server and gives you significantly better visibility into how your databases are operating. It is now available for Linux and Windows from our download page.

Download it now (http://www.mysql.com/downloads/administrator.html)

MySQL 4.0.18 Has Been Released

MySQL 4.0.18, a new version of the popular Open Source/Free Software Database Management System, has been released. It is now available in source and binary form for a number of platforms from our download page (http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-4.0.html).

New features in 4.0.18 include:

  • New utility program `myisam_ftdump' was added to binary distributions.
  • 'mysqlhotcopy' now works on NetWare.
  • Optimizer is now better tuned for the case where the first used key part (of many) is a constant.

Read the full list of changes (http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/News-4.0.18.html)

MySQL Connector/J 3.1.1 Alpha Has Been Released

MySQL Connector/J 3.1.1, a new version of the Type-IV all-Java JDBC
driver for MySQL has been released. Version 3.1.1 is a new feature release from the development tree that is suitable for use with either MySQL-4.1 or MySQL-5.0.

It is now available in source and binary form from the Connector/J download pages (http://www.mysql.com/downloads/api-jdbc-dev.html).

Read the full list of changes (http://www.mysql.com/documentation/connector-j/index.html#id2804553)

Events

Highlights of the MySQL Users Conference April 14-16

The MySQL User Conference is now less than two months away. We have received more than 100 conference sessions and have selected the best of the best lectures, interactive sessions and hands-on labs. Some of the highlights include:

Hands-on Training in the Apple Computer Lab

The event team at Apple is graciously setting up a computer lab at the conference with 15 shiny new 64-bit Power Mac G5 workstations and 4 sleek 64-bit Xserve G5 servers.

We are going to use the computer lab to give small groups of attendees (about 14 per session, seated 2 to a computer) 30 to 90 minutes of hands-on training with MySQL staff and MySQL community leaders.

This is your chance to get an exclusive hands-on lab and learn MySQL from the developers who wrote it. Lab sessions include topics such as:

  • InnoDB performance tuning
  • A Guided Tour of the MySQL Source code by Monty Widenius
  • Connecting Data to MySQL: Writing a Simple Storage Engine
  • Hands-On Database Design Workshop
New Sessions

Below is a list of a few interesting sessions that have been confirmed for the Users Conference. Please visit our website for more detailed information on these presentations.

  • How Lufthansa used MySQL to build an Industrial Strength Web Environment
  • InnoDB: How to Take Advantage of InnoDB's Multiple Tablespaces and Compressed Tables
  • Connecting Data to MySQL: Writing a Simple Storage Engine
  • High Availability in MySQL Cluster
  • The MySQL Solution to large store XML dilemma
  • Extending MySQL with C, Perl, Java
  • From SAB DB to MaxDB
  • Using MySQL in a Japanese environment

Read more about the conference sessions (http://www.mysql.com/events/uc2004/sessions.html)

Open Source Strategy Web Seminar by Forrester and MySQL March 16

Date: Tues March 16th
Time: 10:00am PST (1:00pm EST)

Join MySQL and Forrester Research for this free one hour Web Seminar and learn more about how Enterprises are using open source software today. Forrester Research Vice President Ted Schadler will dispel some of the myths of open source software, and show how companies are using open source today to lower their total cost of ownership. You'll learn practical tips on how to best develop an open source strategy for your organization.

Register for the seminar (http://www.mysql.com/forrester)

Introducing MySQL Seminar in The Netherlands and Belgium

Dátaccent, official MySQL Consulting and Training Partner in the Netherlands, is launching a new seminar in the Netherlands and Belgium introducing MySQL.

The seminar will cover several topics including:

  • the position of the MySQL database - open source vs. closed source;
  • MySQL and SAP
  • Security in an open source environment
  • Clustering architectures
  • Differences between Emic Application Cluster and replication of MySQL
  • Migration to an open source environment

Read more (http://www.mysql.com/newsletter/2004-02/launch-nl-be.html)

MySQL at KOMCOM (Feb 25-26) and CeBIT (Mar 18-24) in Hannover

MySQL GmbH will be present at the KOMCOM Nord show and at CeBIT, both taking place in Hannover, Germany. You can visit us at our booths and hear the latest MySQL news or get answers to your MySQL questions. At KOMCOM, February 25-26, you will find MySQL as co-exhibitor of the Public Linux Sector, booth #F2. At CeBIT, March 18-24, you will find MySQL in hall 3, booth B52. At this booth we'll also have a MySQL Partner Area including: Arkeia, dawin, Emic Networks and SmartSimple.

Get more details (http://www.mysql.com/newsletter/2004-02/events-de.html)

Training

New MySQL Training Course: Introduction to Databases with MySQL

Learn the fundamentals of databases and become familiar with MySQL. Together we'll learn how to use an SQL database, using MySQL as a teaching tool. If you are new to databases in general, or just new to MySQL, this course is for you!

There are currently three courses scheduled, in DC, Stockholm, and SF.

Read more (http://www.mysql.com/training/courses/introduction_to_databases.html)

Latest News

  • Second Annual MySQL Users Conference & Expo Draws Prestigious Sponsors (http://www.mysql.com/press/release_2004_07.html)
  • MySQL AB and Pearson Education Launch MySQL Press (http://www.mysql.com/press/release_2004_06.html)
  • MySQL Receives New Recognition as Leading Database (http://www.mysql.com/press/awards.html)