Comments on: Why You Want to Switch to MySQL 5.1

By: If you can’t say something nice… » Karl Katzke | PHP, Puppies, and other Geekery

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:24:09 +0000

[...] article by Sheeri Cabral: Why you Want to Switch to MySQL 5.1. The 5.1 branch has gotten a bad rap, but there’s a few things in there like the table change [...]

By: – Upgrading to MySQL 5.1 GA? Better Wait Think API

– Upgrading to MySQL 5.1 GA? Better Wait Think API — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:14:13 +0000

[...] 5.1 General Availability has been released to the public. While many recommend using it and other don’t, Michael Widenius says it might not be worth it yet to upgrade your [...]

By: Sheeri Cabral

Sheeri Cabral — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:31:33 +0000

Olaf — I agree that higher resolution is needed. But as I said, 95% of MySQL users have their slow query log set to 4 or greater (ie, saving only queries that took 5+ seconds).

Also, I forgot the best reason to switch to 5.1 — SHOW CONTRIBUTORS!!

By: Olaf van der Spek

Olaf van der Spek — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:12:42 +0000

> Perhaps itâ€™s useless to you, but itâ€™s not useless to 95% of MySQL users who are not depending on microsecond precision.

Eh, who’s still counting query times in seconds nowadays?
Higher resolution is definately needed.

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Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:36:25 +0000

[...] Un listado de buenos motivos para cambiar a MySQL 5.1 [...]

By: How to Stop Hating MySQL

How to Stop Hating MySQL — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:01:36 +0000

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By: Davy

Davy — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:40:19 +0000

Online alter table is still going to be a problem, this only fixes a couple of cases but doesn’t do anything for the more common need of adding/removing columns.

By: End of the Series ?Using Feature XXX in MySQL? 5.1 | Integribase.com

End of the Series ?Using Feature XXX in MySQL? 5.1 | Integribase.com — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:07:43 +0000

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By: Log Buffer #110: A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

Log Buffer #110: A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:47:07 +0000

[...] here at home, Sheeri Cabral’s item on why you want to switch to MySQL 5.1. She argues that additions such as online ALTER TABLE, online table-based logging, and [...]

By: Matthew Montgomery

Matthew Montgomery — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:10:59 +0000

I wrote a stored procedure to find and kill all queries of non-SUPER or system users running longer than N seconds using the information_schema’s PROCESSLIST and USER_PRIVILEGES tables. The technique can be adapted to find queries matching almost any criteria.

See: http://forge.mysql.com/tools/tool.php?id=106