Prompted by the usual Devshed's post, this time about pgAgent, here I am with a small "tutorial" (or maybe just a small collection of screenshots).PgAgent is a great little tool, much like SQLServer's SQLAgent or the built in scheduling abilities of Oracle and MySQL (which is a much nicer solution IMHO), what's weak is the installation and the docs, I mean, why the pgAdminIII installer does ask

"MySQL Proxy is a simple program that sits between your client and MySQL server(s) that can monitor, analyze or transform their communication. Its flexibility allows for unlimited uses; common ones include: load balancing; failover; query analysis; query filtering and modification; and many more."

sounds like a cool idea. I cannot wait to tried it out. Cannot find a FC5 binary, so I downloaded a FC4 version a few days ago. Easy enough:

[vandba@cooler sbin]# ./mysql-proxy --help
Usage:
mysql-proxy [OPTION...] - MySQL Proxy

Help Options:
-?, --help Show help options
--help-all Show all help options
--help-admin Show options for the admin-module
--help-proxy Show options for the proxy-module

Application Options:
--version Show version

However, when I trying to connect to it from another server. I can connect, but I cannot do …

Hello MaxDB users, administrators, hobbyists and community!

This, the third of our weekly articles on MaxDB, will cover the installation of the MaxDB server and associated tools. One of the features the team is most proud of is MaxDB's ease of installation and the speed with which it occurs. It's been estimated that a DBA with no prior knowledge of the system can complete a basic installation in less than 15 minutes. Please note that this does not include download time.

More here:
http://wiki.colliertech.org/index.php/MaxDB:Installation