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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.23.07/Wed/gMySQL.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.23.07/Wed/gMySQL.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ee59c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.23.07/Wed/gMySQL.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Google has [released improvements and enhancements][3] for the popular open source relational database, [MySQL][2]. Google's code has not yet been incorporated into the official release, though the company would like to see it added, but developers can download the source (GPL licensed) from Google. + +While the announcement on the Google Code blog makes no mention of it, the [MySQL conference][1] in Santa Clara California is in full swing this week and the additional code should be welcome news to MySQL developers. + +Google's patches of MySQL are designed to enhance both the manageability and reliability of the database software. Particularly interesting is a patch that allows administrators to track database usage via new SQL statements for "monitoring resource usage by table and account." + +Other enhancements include support for semi-synchronous replication, mirroring the binlog from a master to a slave, quickly promoting a slave to a master during failover, and keeping InnoDB and replication state on a slave consistent during crash recovery. + +The patches are currently available for MySQL 4, but Google says similar patches for the most resent stable version of MySQL, version 5, will be available soon. + +To use the new patches you'll need to [download them from Google][4] and compile or re-compile MySQL from the source. + +[1]: http://www.mysqlconf.com/ "MySQL Conference" +[2]: http://www.mysql.com/ "MySQL" +[3]: http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2007/04/google-releases-patches-that-enhance.html "Google releases patches that enhance the manageability and reliability of MySQL" +[4]: http://code.google.com/p/google-mysql-tools/wiki/Mysql4Patches "MySQL 4 patches"
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