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[Maria-discuss] MariaDB High Availability Solutions
by Daniel Bartholomew 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

A new question on the KB: http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-high-availability-solutions -- Daniel Bartholomew MariaDB - http://mariadb.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org

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[Maria-discuss] Manning a MariaDB booth in Santa Clara April 12-13 2011
by Colin Charles 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Hi! This is a call for volunteers. MariaDB is planning to have a booth at the O'Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo 2011 happening April 11-14 2011 in Santa Clara, California, USA. Volunteers are needed to man the booth April 12-13 2011. Are you local to the area? Do you dig MariaDB? This is your chance to come join a few of us and help spread the good word More information at: http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2011 Please respond to this email (either on list, or privately) if you are available and local to the area Thanks cheers, -c -- Colin Charles, http://bytebot.net/blog/ | twitter: @bytebot | skype: colincharles MariaDB: Community developed. Feature enhanced. Backward compatible. Download it at: http://www.mariadb.org/ Open MariaDB/MySQL documentation at the Knowledgebase: http://kb.askmonty.org/

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[Maria-discuss] Installing MariaDB using MySQL Workbench on Windows
by Jake Drew 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Hello everyone, I am trying to install MariaDB locally on a Windows XP desktop machine for testing purposes. We have a server coming (eventually), but I would like to get started in the meantime. There does not seem to be much information on installing and configuring MariaDB on Windows for use with the MySQL Workbench. *Here are the steps I have taken so far:* *Installed MariaDB on windows:* 1. Downloaded and ran MariaDB-5.2.4-win32-alt.exe *Created MariaDB my.ini configuration file* 2. Copied C:\Program Files\MariaDB 5.2.4\my-large.ini 3. Pasted to C:\Program Files\MariaDB 5.2.4\*my.ini* with no modifications ** *Created a Windows Service for MariaDB named MySQL and start that service on Windows:* 4. Start > Run > cmd.exe (open a command prompt) 5. cd C:\Program Files\MariaDB 5.2.4\bin 6. mysqld.exe --install MariaDB --defaults-file="C:\Program Files\MariaDB 5.2.4\my.ini" (got message "service was installed successfully", also see service listed in the "Services" window. 7. net start MariaDB (Service shows as started in "Services" window) *Installed MySQL Workbench:* 8. Downloaded and ran mysql-workbench-gpl-5.2.31a-win32.msi *Set up MariaDB Server on MySQL Workbench:* 9. Start MySQL Workbench and select "Create New Server Instance" 10. Made sure "Path to configuration file" under "Windows Management" pointed to: C:\Program Files\MariaDB 5.2.4\my.ini 11. Named the new server instance "MariaDB" 12. Double clicked the new server instance "MariaDB" after it was created. *Got what appear to be success messages:* 2011-02-17 15:23:47 - Workbench will use cmd shell commands to start/stop this instance 2011-02-17 15:23:47 - Status check of service 'MariaDB' returned running 2011-02-17 15:23:48 - Server is running 2011-02-17 15:34:10 - Status check of service 'MariaDB' returned running *Questions:* 1. Is there anything else I should do to configure MariaDB for use under Windows? 2. Almost all tabs under the "Configuration" section are blank in MySQL Workbench for the ner server instance MariaDB. This was not the case when I was running MySQL 5.1.53 on Windows. Is this normal? If not, can it be resolved? Thanks! Jake Drew

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[Maria-discuss] Error on starting MariaDB
by Joshua Partogi 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Hi all, I am getting this error when starting mariadb-5.2.4: [ERROR] Aria engine is not enabled or did not start. The Aria engine must be enabled to continue as mysqld was configured with --with-aria-tmp-tables I compiled mariadb from source. Can anybody give me a shed of light on what I need to do to resolve the problem? Thanks heaps. -- http://twitter.com/jpartogi

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[Maria-discuss] Question about FORCE INDEX and records_in_range
by MARK CALLAGHAN 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

We suspect that our servers do too much extra disk IO in ha_innobase::records_in_range to determine selectivity for indexes that don't get used in a query. For example when there are multiple indexes that might be used, I assume that the MySQL optimizer calls records_in_range for each and I know that InnoDB does two index lookups per call to find the leaf blocks for the start and stop predicates of the index scan. For the index that is used on the query any disk IO done in records_in_range isn't wasted. We can think of it as prefetch. But for the other indexes that disk IO is likely to be wasted. I rarely touch or even read optimizer code in MySQL. How difficult would it be to have an option to either not call records_in_range when a hint is used (such as FORCE INDEX or REALLY FORCE INDEX)? The alternative is to figure out in records_in_range when the special hint has been used for an index other than the one for which records_in_range was called and return a large value without doing index lookups for all but the hinted index. -- Mark Callaghan mdcallag(a)gmail.com

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[Maria-discuss] Glibc 2.3 support in MariaDB builds ?
by Jocelyn Fournier 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

Hi, I'm trying to push my company to adopt MariaDB 5.2. Unfortunately, the currently available binaries (at least for the x86-64 version) requires a glibc 2.4, where we have only a 2.3 version (debian etch) installed on our server. MySQL 5.5 standard binaries, as well as Percona's one perfectly support glibc 2.3, so is there any plan to provide glibc 2.3 compatible binaries for MariaDB ? Thanks and regards, Jocelyn Fournier

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[Maria-discuss] SphinxSE missing plug.in
by Brian Evans 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

MariaDB 5.2.4 tarball is missing the SphinxSE plug.in file in storage/sphinx. I'm not sure if this was intentional or not, so I thought I might point it out.

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Re: [Maria-discuss] Per-db binlogging
by Weldon Whipple 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

Sergei, Thank you very much for your reply! A later post by Henrik Ingo seems to say that I should cc maria-discuss(a)lists.launchpad.net. I'll try it and see if it bounces--I THINK I'm registered with launchpad.net :-) Let me know if sending to both lists annoys anyone, and I will quit the cc :-) See my responses below On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Sergei Golubchik <serg(a)askmonty.org> wrote: > Hi, Weldon! > > On Sep 13, Weldon Whipple wrote: <snip/> >> Is it plausible to identify all places where a binlog addition might >> occur? In those places, if the singleton USER_BIN_LOG_MRG exists, ask >> it if the current DB is being binlogged. If so, send the request to >> the DB_BIN_LOG instance. > > By "addition" you mean when an event is written to binlog? Yes! (exactly)--any event relating to that database that is written to binlog. (Hmm ... I wonder if there might ever be more "global" events that should be written ... Maybe we don't care about them??). Also, since these databases are "tied" to a user on a box, we probably don't care about renaming a DB ... > See where mysql_bin_log.write is called. Excellent information! (I was hoping it might be that easy ???). If I succeed in making a DB_BINLOG class derive from MYSQL_BIN_LOG (with an instance of DB_BINLOG for each database that is currently binlogging), I could--in theory, at least--just call something like db_binlog->write () at those places. > >> Questions I Have. >> ---------------- >> >> 1. I notice that binlog is in the list of engines and plugins >> (displayed by SHOW ...). The bottom of log.cc has >> "mysql_declare_plugin(binlog)". Do I need one for db_plugin? >> (probably not?) > > depends. > binlog needs to be declated a plugin, to be able to pretent being a > storage engine, to be able to force two phase commit (2PC). > > 2PC is used to commit or rollback a transaction atomically in more than > one engine. And MySQL only uses 2PC when a transaction spans more than > one engine. But we want a transaction to be committed in the engine and > written to a binlog - and it should be done atomically too. So, binlog > pretends to be an engine, pretends to participate in a transaction, > which forces MySQL to use 2PC which can guarantee that a transaction > is either committed and written to a binlog - or not committed and not > written. Reliably, even if MySQL crashes in the middle. > > So, if you don't use innodb, or don't use > innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1 or don't use sync_binlog=1 > you probably don't need to support 2PC as your setup is not crash proof > anyway. > > If you care about innodb<->binlog consistency in the presence of > crashes, you should support 2PC in your binlog, as explained above. We DO have a small percentage of innodb databases. If 2PC commits (rolls back, etc.) atomically to more than one engine, does that mean TWO (only)? ... or could it happen for three (specifically, innodb, MYSQL_BIN_LOG's binlog, and DB_BIN_LOG's binlog)? The two kinds of binlog files would have the same format (except that one is for only one database). Are they considered two storage engines/plugins? (I notice that the "mysql_declare_plugin(binlog)" declaration is at the bottom of log.cc. Most of the other storage engines' corresponding declarations are in files in the storage subdirectories. If I were to need a "mysql_declare_plugin(db_binlog)" declaration, could it also go at the bottom of log.cc? ... Or (since a DB_BINLOG is AKO [a kind of] MYSQL_BIN_LOG [in the OO sense]), are MYSQL_BIN_LOGs and DB_BINLOGs both kinds of binlog plugins ...? >> 2. I've diagrammed the binary log event taxonomy--the 24 classes that >> inherit from Log_event (in log_event.cc/h). That was my main >> motivation for wanting to inherit from MYSQL_BIN_LOG. > > Was that a question? :) No. Just justification for my desire to simplify by having DB_BINLOG extend the MYSQL_BIN_LOG class. (I realize that I MIGHT have to add "virtual" in front of a method or two--possibly. Hopefully I would need to make no--or minimal-- changes to MYSQL_BIN_LOG.) >> 3. On the other hand, I wonder if inheriting from MYSQL_BIN_LOG might >> be overkill for "master only" binlogging--without the >> slave/replication part of it. > > No, I think inheriting from MYSQL_BIN_LOG is correct. > At least it's much easier to build on existing binlogging than to > implement everything from scratch. Amen!! >> 4. What version should I be working on? (We're currently running >> 5.1.47.) What should I check out of bzr/launchpad? (Is that still >> what we're doing with the changes in ownership?) > > What version you plan to use? > If it'll be 5.1 - you have to work in 5.1, use lp:mysql-server/5.1 > branch: > > bzr branch lp:mysql-server/5.1 We TRY to keep as current as possible (at the company). At some point, we'll need to move to the next major release--whatever it ends up being. (Then there is also the unknown [to me] of MySQL vs. MariaDB ... :-) We'll use bzr branch lp:mysql-server/5.1 > >> 5. I see that THD is involved in binlogging. (Several THD methods are >> defined in log.cc.) Are there any caveats here? > > There is a binlog cache (or buffer) in THD that stores binlog events for > the current transaction. They all are written to disk together, when a > transaction is committed. You need to decide what you want to do when > the current database is changed in the middle of a transaction - what > binlog the transaction should be written to. By "the current database is changed", I imagine you refer to the "USE 'database';" command. That's a good question. I THINK we have decided to ignore (for the present, at least), queries (and also transactions?) that involve multiple databases. Because we are doing per-DB binlogging, if multiple databases are involved, we (almost) consider it an anomaly at our ISP ... (I'm thinking that we might need to consider THD's binlog cache only for transactions that involve innodb and no more than one database ...) >> 6. What files should I use? A new h/cc pair? ... or just add to the >> hierarchy in log.h/cc? > > As you like. > New pair of files is cleaner. But it may require you to move some > declarations from log.cc to a header file, or to make some static > functions extern. All my prototypes have just expanded what is in log.cc and log.h. (I came VERY close to creating db_binlog.cc/h, however, which I would have done in some of my past--non-MySQL--projects). However, noticing most of the logging hierarchy in the single log.cc/h pair, I decided the implementors must have done it for a reason, and have decided to follow suit--for now, at least. > >> What I've Implemented So Far (about 13 Prototypes). >> -------------------------------------------------- >> >> (PRELIMINARY NOTE:) >> >> Our initial plan was to call it "Per-User Binlogging". The user here >> is a cPanel [control panel] user. cPanel's database naming convention >> is to have all of a user's database names start with the username, >> followed by an underscore, followed by a distinctive database >> name. Thus all the commands above start with >> >> <verb> USER ... >> >> Originally most of them could end either "DATABASE <db>" or "USER >> <user>" (with user meaning cPanel user). Thus, in the original plan >> the first command above was: >> >> START USER BINLOG FOR (USER <user> | DATABASE <db>) >> >> We have realized that per-database binlogging is all we really need. >> We imagine that others in our situation might want something similar. >> Since not everyone uses cPanel, we should forget per[cPanel]-user >> binlogging, focusing on per-database binlogging. > > If every user is a different MySQL account - that it a different row in > the mysql.user table - than per-user binlogging is much cleaner and > better defined concept. > > A statement can affect more than one database (say, UPDATE db1.t1, > db2.t2 SET ...), the current database may be changed in the middle of > transaction, and so on. On the other hand, any statement or a > transaction is always executed in the context of as single user - you > cannot change user in the middle of transaction. (*) > > (*) changing security context only affect privileges, but not the > destination binlog. Actually (and this is because of the way cPanel does things--I have been "bitten" by this many times!!), each database has a (different) corresponding user in the mysql.user table (!!!). So (for example), if a user signs up with our ISP with a user name of elvispre every one of his (perhaps hundreds/thousands of) databases will have names something like: elvispre_friends elvispre_earlyyears elvispre_hitsongs . . . And (here's the surprising part)--each one of those databases will have a MATCHING ROW IN mysql.user!! So, for us to migrate our customer elvispre to another physical server, we DO (ultimately) need to binlog all of the databases/users that match/are like 'elvispre\_%'; . In some of my earlier prototypes, the START/FLUSH-LOCK/SHOW/UNLOCK/STOP commands have allowed for "like" clauses at the end. Maybe I need to go that route? ALL of my prototypes have had binlogging PER DATABASE. I wonder how difficult/feasible/desirable/useful it would be to create separate binlog files for databases (or users) whose name matches a "like" clause. ... Probably more important: Would this feature be of general interest to the MySQL user community at large? (... and, if so, should it be database- or user- or database_pattern- or user_pattern-based). (My initial idea is that per [single] database/user might be easiest to define/implement??) > > Regards, > Sergei Thanks again for your reply!! Weldon

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[Maria-discuss] Using MariaDB in production?
by Colin Charles 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

Hi! In February 2010, we released MariaDB 5.1. In November 2010, we released MariaDB 5.2. In a span of those months, we've seen a 4x increase in downloads of MariaDB. I've heard many stories of people running it on their blog, and there are people running it on single server instances. I myself run it on about six servers of mine in production... And Daniel will attest to running all the Monty Program infrastructure on MariaDB :) I'm curious to know where MariaDB is going. Where its getting installed. Are only software developers playing with it, or is it getting into production environments? Please don't hesitate to discuss it here on the maria-discuss mailing list so we can all get a better idea of where MariaDB is being used. If its being used in "secretive" environments, don't hesitate to drop me a private email Thanks! cheers, -c p/s: If you're able to, don't hesitate to display the badges: http://badges.mariadb.org/ -- Colin Charles, http://bytebot.net/blog/ | twitter: @bytebot | skype: colincharles MariaDB: Community developed. Feature enhanced. Backward compatible. Download it at: http://www.mariadb.org/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Browse the Internet in a safer fashion. Download Web of Trust: http://www.mywot.com/ Cross-platform mobile application development from MoSync: http://www.mosync.com/

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Re: [Maria-discuss] [Maria-developers] Problem with MariaDb as a Windows service
by Peter Laursen 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Same problem with MariaDB 5.1.51. --Peter On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 02:43, Vladislav Vaintroub < vladislav.vaintroub(a)oracle.com> wrote: > Hi, > It is likely this bug http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=56821 , was for > some > time in MySQL, already fixed. > > -----Original Message----- > From: maria-developers-bounces+wlad=sun.com(a)lists.launchpad.net > [mailto:maria-developers-bounces+wlad <maria-developers-bounces%2Bwlad>= > sun.com(a)lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf > Of Philip Stoev > Sent: Samstag, 20. November 2010 20:04 > To: Peter Laursen > Cc: maria-discuss(a)lists.launchpad.net; > maria-developers(a)lists.launchpad.net > Subject: Re: [Maria-developers] [Maria-discuss] Problem with MariaDb as a > Windows service > > Hi, > > It seems that the service requires the --console option to operate > properly. > > Here is how I could make it work: > > 1. In the Services Control panel, open up the properties for the service 2. > In the "Start Parameters" box, type "--console" without the quotation marks > 3. In the same dialog box, hit Start > > Philip Stoev > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Laursen" <peter_laursen(a)webyog.com> > To: <maria-discuss(a)lists.launchpad.net>; > <maria-developers(a)lists.launchpad.net> > Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 3:36 PM > Subject: [Maria-discuss] Problem with MariaDb as a Windows service > > > > Some person claimed here around one week ago that MariaDB would not > > run as service after "mysqld --install". > > I replied that it worked for me - but it does not with the latest > > stable version 5.2.3 (it did with the 5.2.3 RC) (so my apology to this > > person!) > > > > Windows console output: > > > > C:\maria52\bin>sc delete maria52 > > [SC] DeleteService LYKKEDES > > > > C:\maria52\bin>mysqld --install maria52 Service successfully > > installed. > > > > C:\maria52\bin>net start maria52 > > Tjenesten maria52 starter... > > Tjenesten maria52 kunne ikke startes. > > > > Der opstod en systemfejl. > > > > Systemfejlen 1067 opstod. > > > > (From Danish --> service could not start --> the system error 1067 > > occurred) > > > > I have tried with both old datadir and the empty one shipped with > > mariaDB and also my old my.ini as well as a fresh one. > > Also I tried to add --defaults-dir to the registry (just in case I had > > overlooked a my.ini copy in C:\ or C:\Windows) and adding doublequotes > > key manually like "C:\maria52\bin\mysqld" > > --defaults-file="C:\maria52\my.ini" maria52 > > > > I double checked there are no conflicts wit all settings. > > > > The command > > "C:\maria52\bin\mysqld" --defaults-file="C:\maria52\my.ini" > > .. starts the server (also when --defaults-file is omitted) .. but not > > as a service of course. > > > > > > Was it tested with the 5.2.3 GA release that it will run as a Windows > > service? > > The RC worked as a charm - but the GA will not. Any idea? > > (I am using Win7, 64 bit, Home Premium) > > > > > > Peter > > (Webyog) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss > > Post to : maria-discuss(a)lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers > Post to : maria-developers(a)lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >

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