OK, I cheated and read my ‘work’ email! Today my talk proposal got accepted and I’m off to the MySQL Conference & Expo, held in Santa Clara (CA, USA), end April 2009. My talk will be about the MySQL Support Team: how it started, the transformation it went through and how it scales today (and much more!). This is my first talk overseas! I’m quite excited!
SugarCRM not committing transactions? (installation)
What does a MySQL Support Engineer do during his first hours of vacation? Yes, napping. After that, he goes on the web and tries out something new. Today: SugarCRM .. and struggeling a little with the installation. The problem? The installation (on MacOS 10.5) was successful, no errors, but: Sugar CRM 5.1.0c Files May Only Be Used With A Sugar CRM 5.1.0 Database Logging didn’t reveal anything, but the general query log did!
Damn websites switching to German!
It’s getting more and more annoying. Google (also Blogger, etc) and other website switch me to German content, based on my IP and disregard the Firefox settings or demands that I want English. Wherever the problem is: It totally freaks me out! Grrrrr
Adding --include-*/--exclude-* options to ndb_restore
I’ve been working on some new options for ndb_restore which allows to include and exclude databases and/or tables while restoring. The current solution doesn’t really work as documented, or isn’t flexible enough. Not really my job, but lots of us in MySQL Support are developers. Doing some coding from time to time keeps one sharp! How it works? Let me show it with some (simplified) examples: # only restore db1 ndb_restore --include-database="db1" /dir/.
Doing laundry.. with a tripod!
Today I figured I needed something to hanging my shirts indoors. After some running around in my home and a cup of coffee, I stumbled upon.. my tripod! This Manfrotto tripod can do nifty things, and now it also dries my laundry