This post complements Henrik's Call for Nominations for 2012 MySQL Community Awards. Recap: we keep the tradition of awarding MySQL community members for their notable contributions to the MySQL ecosystem. Previously, the awards were given by MySQL AB/Sun. Later on they were given by the community itself, as will follow this year, when the awards [...]
I am honored to receive Oracle's Technologist of the Year: Developer award, formerly Oracle Magazine Editors’ Choice Awards. Technologist of the Year Award is given for individuals for their technical achievements with regard to Oracle products. As opposed to community based awards, to win this award one must be nominated by himself or his company. [...]
I am honored to have been nominated for, and to have received the Oracle ACE award. Nomination for this award is made by Oracle community members, and in this case those being Oracle employees Keith Larson and Dave Stokes. The award is given by Oracle for my involvement in the Oracle/MySQL community and for my [...]
What's all this about? I've you've been to my talk in London, then you've already got this as homework. If not, allow me to fill in the details: I was speaking about MySQL's programmatic nature in many aspects (best if you read the slides!). We discussed user defined variables, derived tables, ordering constructs, order of [...]