Dear MySQL users, MaxDB users and friends,

this is the fourth posting in our MaxDB series. The series started about four weeks ago and it will very likely take the rest of the year to complete. All postings of the series together will make kind of an online course for MaxDB. Over the last postings we explained what MaxDB is, we explained about the outstanding features of MaxDB and we taught you how to perform a basic MaxDB installation that serves as a basis for all of the following lessons.

In this issue

The today’s MaxDB lesson is about the two most important tools of MaxDB. The first tool is the Database Manager GUI and it’s commandline counterpart dbmcli. The Database Manager GUI is the main tool to perform administrative tasks like shutting down the database, performing backups or doing some basic monitoring of the health status …

MaxDB is a nice database but I’m missing some build-in functions, in particular a function to generate random values. All functions available in MaxDB are listed in the MaxDB manual. In the section MaxDB Library - Basic Information - Reference Manual - Functions: Overview you can find a complete list of build-in functions.

One can argue that a function to create random values is not needed inside a database. You do not need it, because you can use your programming language to generate random values. And it’s likely that your programming language comes with a sophisticated random number generator or has access to such one. For most applications it is true, that you can shift the job of generating a random value to the layer of application programming. But what if you want to use a stored …

MaxDB is a nice database but I’m missing some build-in functions, in particular a function to generate random values. All functions available in MaxDB are listed in the MaxDB manual. In the section MaxDB Library - Basic Information - Reference Manual - Functions: Overview you can find a complete list of build-in functions.

One can argue that a function to create random values is not needed inside a database. You do not need it, because you can use your programming language to generate random values. And it’s likely that your programming language comes with a sophisticated random number generator or has access to such one. For most applications it is true, that you can shift the job of generating a random value to the layer of application programming. But what if you want to use a stored …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …