The latest release of openark kit introduces oak-hook-general-log, a handy tool which allows for some analysis of executing queries. Initially I just intended for the tool to be able to dump the general log to standard output, from any machine capable to connect to MySQL. Quick enough, I realized the power it brings. With this [...]
I'm further developing a general log hook, which can stream queries from the general log. A particular direction I'm taking is to filter queries by their type of actions. For example, the tool (oak-hook-general-log) can be instructed to only stream out those queries which involve creation of a temporary table; or those which cause for [...]
I'm seeking input on a new openark kit utility I've started to implement. The tool, oak-hook-general-log, will hook up to a MySQL (>= 5.1) server, and stream the general log into standard output. It looks like this: bash$ python src/oak/oak-hook-general-log.py --socket=/tmp/mysql.sock --user=root 2010-03-21 10:18:42 root[root] @ localhost [] 79 1 Query SELECT COUNT(*) FROM City [...]