Ulf Wendel

… zu wem gehört jetzt welches der Getränke? Und welches Getränk hilft schneller innere Ruhe zu erreichen. Vermutlich hängt es vom Typ ab.

Source: http://lists.mysql.com/announce/345

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL AB announces an updated release of the “MySQL Connector/PHP for MySQL and PHP”, the Windows downloads for connecting MySQL to PHP, as MySQL AB has released MySQL 4.1.18.

The MySQL Connector/PHP consists of the mysql/mysqli PHP extensions built against the latest version of the MySQL client libraries for Microsoft Windows.

The advantages on top of the mysql/mysqli PHP extensions currently available from php.net are that they contain the latest bug fixes to the MySQL Client Library, and make all the features in the MySQL server versions 4.1.18 and 5.0.18 available.

They are now available in binary format from the MySQL Connector/PHP download page at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/php and mirror sites (note that not all the mirror sites may be up to date at this point in time – if you cannot find this version on a mirror, please try again later or choose another mirror site).

This binary release contains the mysql/mysqli extensions as well as the MySQL PDO driver for PHP 5.1.2, with support for MySQL server versions 4.1.18 and 5.0.18. Note that only the mysqli extension for PHP 5.0, but not the older mysql extension, supports the full functionality of MySQL versions greater than 4.1.x, such as Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views, and much more.

For questions not answered within the Download FAQ, please visit the MySQL PHP forums at http://forums.mysql.com/list.php?52.

Dear MySQL users, MaxDB users and friends,

last week we announced a MaxDB series on planetmysql.org with weekly postings every wednesday. This is the first posting with “real” content, it’s the first time we do this for you. We spend a considerable amount of time on making it as good as possible, but we know it won’t be perfect. Please help us to improve in the future and use the MaxDB Forum to tell us more about your expectations on us and how we can improve. Everybody at MySQL AB is eager to learn about your needs.

The first “real” posting has become a little theoretical an less practical. The reason is that we wanted to explain why you should use MaxDB first and what the concepts of the system are. If you don’t know what the MaxDB software components do, you will have difficulties to learn how to use MaxDB.

In this issue

In this first issue you will be presented a first overview of the MaxDB software, its components, todays coolest features and the future of the product. No installation guide? No, not yet. You need to learn some terms and concepts of the MaxDB world first, before a step-by-step installation can be performed in the next issue on next wednesday.

• Today and tomorrow: Quo vadis, MaxDB?
• TOP 5 Features of MaxDB: No Need for Reorganisation
• TOP 5 Features of MaxDB: Backup and Recovery
• TOP 5 Features of MaxDB: Standby Solutions
• TOP 5 Features of MaxDB: Synchronization Manager
• Getting MaxDB
• MaxDB software components
• In the next issue

Continue Reading →

MaxDB is in the Press again. The SAP customer magazine SAP INFO has published the second part of a MaxDB article today. The article MaxDB in hosting environments: Secure Operation for Users and Developers is a follow-up on MaxDB reduces total cost of ownership: High Professionalism, Low Operating Costs, published in the last issue of the magazine. Both articles demonstrate how to save money and lower TCO using MaxDBs unique technical solutions for todays enterprise requirements.

Developers can find a technical whitepaper looking into how MaxDB is designed to meet the requirements of hosting business-critical SAP applications on the MaxDB Presentation & Whitepaper section of the MaxDB web site. The whitepaper has practical Hands on examples unveiling the cool features of MaxDB.

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Ich bin jetzt stolzer Besitzer einer Webcam. Seitdem glaubt meine Umgebung ich hätte eine Meise.

Dear MySQL users, MaxDB users and friends,

We welcome you to a series of MaxDB postings on planetmysql.org.

Over the next weeks the MySQL MaxDB team will present MaxDB to you. We plan to write one posting per week, starting with today. Blog entries will be published every wednesday as our work constraints permit. All postings together might make a complete and comprehensive MaxDB course.

What is MaxDB by MySQL?

MySQL AB delivers two enterprise-level database systems. The first database is the MySQL Server. With more than 8 million active installations, it is the world’s most popular open source database. The latest General Available (GA) Release is MySQL 5.0. The freely downloadable version is called MySQL 5.0 Community Edition. Three different binary versions of the MySQL Server exist: Standard, Max and Debug. Do not mix up the Max version of the MySQL Server with MaxDB by MySQL.

MaxDB by MySQL is the second enterprise-level relational database management system delivered by MySQL AB. Formerly known as SAP DB, MaxDB is the result of a strategic alliance between MySQL and SAP to jointly develop and market an open source database for SAP/R3 .

The database development started in 1977 as a research project at the technical University of Berlin. In the early 80s it became a database product that subsequently was owned by Nixdorf, Siemens Nixdorf, Software AG and today by SAP AG. Along this line it has been named VDN, Reflex, Supra 2, DDB/4, Entire SQL-DB-Server and ADABAS. In 1997 SAP took over the software from Software AG and renamed it to SAP DB. In 2003 SAP AG and MySQL AB joined a partnership and re-branded the database system to MaxDB. – From this background on the MaxDB history you won’t be surprised that the MaxDB database and the MySQL Server are two very different products.

How do MaxDB and MySQL compare?

Let’s check which MySQL 5.0 flagship features can be found in MaxDB. MaxDB has Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views, Precision Match and an Information Schema counterpart. These features have been available in MaxDB for a decade.

MySQL 5.1 will offer a new Eventing and Scheduling feature. The service oriented architecture of MaxDB has introduced a scheduler in 7.5, which was released around 2004. Additionally MaxDB has an eventing feature that goes beyond temporal trigger of MySQL 5.1. MaxDB pro-actively warns the DBA if they have to perform some administrative tasks. For example MaxDB tells you if the database filling level falls below or goes above a certain fill-level. MaxDB offers built-in non-blocking hot backup. MaxDB is SAP certified, and, and, …

On the other hand does MaxDB has no counterpart to the unique Pluggable Storage Engine Architecture that the MySQL Server offers for maximum flexibility. For example, there’s no Archive Storage Engine for historical and audit data, that is compressed on-the-fly. MaxDB does not offer Partitioning, which will be available in MySQL 5.1 nor does it have a counterpart to the MySQL Cluster but MaxDB does support High Availability and Hot Standby setups.

The comparison could be easily extended. Depending on the focus of the writer, a comparison chart would show MaxDB ahead of MySQL or just the other way around with MySQL being better than MaxDB.

And features are not everything that counts. In the end only you can answer the question which system fulfills your needs. We encourage you to try out both systems! Both are enterprise-level, but have different optimizations and strengths, both are dual-licensed and thus, you can use them under the terms of the Free Software GPL licence.

A guide on using MaxDB

The MySQL MaxDB team hopes that we can create a guide that explains how to try ourtand use MaxDB in this article series. Note that we will not discuss how to use MaxDB with SAP applications. This series is about MaxDB when not used with SAP applications.

Before we start: we need your feedback! Every author needs feedback from the audience. All readers have different skills and expectations on an article. We do not know about your expectations. Please use the MaxDB Forum to tell us what you would like to see in the series.

Next issue: Overview on MaxDB

We plan to publish the first issue of our series on Wednesday, the 8th of February, 2006. The posting will be about MaxDB in the present and
the future, todays hottest MaxDB features, where to find more information on MaxDB, and we will try to give a first overview of the MaxDB software components.

Talk to you next Wednesday!

Ulf Wendel for the MySQL MaxDB team

Oben an der Küste sieht es recht trostlos und trist aus. Februar, sei willkommen und mach es besser.

Colin hat heute die neuen Builds announced.

Dear MySQL users,

[1] – PHP Security Advisory 02/2006: Format String Vulnerability (low risk) [http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_022006.113.html]

KMSEA gilt als “sichere Quelle” für Komi News. Unter http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1391&PN=1&TPN=9 deutet er an, dass das lange erwartete Komi D7D Update mit dem Sony 10MP Chip ansteht.

Als jemand mit ein paar Kilo Minolta Glas im Foto-Rucksack, juckt es in den Fingern. Und 10MP ist endlich auch eine vernünftige Größenordnung. Andererseits sind die technischen Daten der meisten DSLR noch langweilig und klassische SLR sind jetzt günstig wie noch nie, siehe auch“des Pudels Kern”. Vielleicht schnappe ich mir eine D5D im Ausverkauf, aber die D5D ist teuerer als ein guter Filmscanner plus ein Metz MZ 40-2(+) mit G16 für die kleine Sony V1 mit dessen Ergebnissen ich immer noch hochzufrieden bin. Der G16 wird etwas mächtig an der kleinen Sony wirken, aber so wird es wenigstens hell. Andererseits könnte man die D5D im Bundle mit einem 17er Zoom erwischen, welches sich auch gut an der alten 800si machen würde.

*seuftz* Das Leben ist schwer.