The MySQL administration SQL command SHOW PROCESSLIST may read "Waiting for table metadata lock" in its "State" column for a statement. The statement in question is waiting for another transaction to release a metadata lock. Its a state that may … Continue reading →

Baby PECL/mysqlnd_ms 1.2.0-alpha, the PHP MySQL replication and load balancing plugin for mysqlnd, has done its first steps into the direction of global transaction id injection: injection happens, IDs can be queried. A simulated global transaction ids can be described … Continue reading →