Students in my training classes usually prefer to use some kind of visual editor for MySQL. Typically this would be the software they're using at work. Sometimes they just bring over their laptops with the software installed. Or they would use MySQL Workbench, which is what I usually have pre-installed on their desktops. I see [...]
In my previous post I've shown several generic use cases for foreach(), a new scripting functionality introduced in common_schema. In this part I present DBA's handy syntax for schema and table operations and maintenance. Confession: while I love INFORMATION_SCHEMA's power, I just hate writing queries against it. It's just so much typing! Just getting the [...]
A new routine is now available in common_schema, which makes for an easier execution syntax for some operations: foreach(collection_to_iterate_over, queries_to_execute_per_iteration_step); To illustrate what it can do, consider: call foreach('table in sakila', 'ALTER TABLE ${schema}.${table} ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT'); call $('schema like shard_%', 'CREATE TABLE ${schema}.messages (id INT)'); call $('2000:2009', 'INSERT IGNORE INTO report (report_year) VALUES (${1})'); $() [...]
I'm having a lot of fun writing common_schema, an SQL project which includes views, tables and stored routines. As the project grows (and it's taking some interesting directions, in my opinion) more dependencies are being introduced, and a change to one routine or view may affect many others. This is why I've turned the development [...]
Listing some useful sed / awk liners to use with MySQL. I use these on occasion. sed, awk & grep have many overlapping features. Some simple tasks can be performed by either. For example, stripping empty lines can be performed by either: grep '.' awk '/./' sed '/./!d' grep -v '^$' awk '!/^$/' sed '/^$/d' [...]
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 pleased to announce a new release of the openark kit. There's a lot of new functionality inside; following is a brief overview. The openark kit is a set of utilities for MySQL. They solve everyday maintenance tasks, which may be complicated or time consuming to work by hand. It's been a while since the [...]
Revision 208 of mycheckpoint, a MySQL monitoring solution, has been released. New and updated in this revision: Aggregation tables: aggregated data makes for fast reports on previously slow queries. Enhanced charting: interactive charts now present time stamps dynamically (see demo); "Zoom in" charts are available (see demo) on mycheckpoint's HTTP server. RPM distribution: a "noarch" [...]
Here's a few thoughts on current status and further possibilities for Facebook's Online Schema Change (OSC) tool. I've had these thoughts for months now, pondering over improving oak-online-alter-table but haven't got around to implement them nor even write them down. Better late than never. The tool has some limitations. Some cannot be lifted, some could. [...]
Revision 190 of mycheckpoint, a MySQL monitoring solution, has been released. New and updated in this revision: HTTP server: mycheckpoint can now act as a web server. Point your browser and start browsing through HTML reports. See mock up demo. Interactive charts: HTML line charts are now interactive, presenting with accurate data as you move [...]