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[Maria-discuss] KB Question: InnoDB recovery under Maria
by Daniel Bartholomew 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

The following question has been posted to the Knowledgebase: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/innodb-recovery-under-maria/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - InnoDB recovery under Maria Hi, I have been using MySQL for various embedded situation over the years. I am currently working on a new version of an existing project which I'm also migrating to MariaDB (I think I prefer Monty's style!). OK. Some tables in this database get update from an external source in a complex manner, so I am using InnoDB on these table with a transaction to ensure the operation is either completed or completely abandoned. This is an embedded app, and it can be interupted abruptly, leaving the InnoDB tables blocked. The procedure in this case is to set InnoDB recover to 4, dump the database, manually delete the InnoDB files, restart normally, restore, and then force an update from the external source. I'm hoping I will eventually be able to solve this using Aria tables, but in the meantime is there any way I can automate the process. I don't need to recover the data in the InnoDB tables following a crash, I just need to know that it has happened so I can get a new dataset. Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thanks. -- Daniel Bartholomew Google+ - http://gplus.to/dbart Twitter - http://twitter.com/daniel_bart MariaDB: An Enhanced Drop-in Replacement for MySQL Website - http://mariadb.org Twitter - http://twitter.com/mariadb Google+ - http://gplus.to/mariadb Facebook - http://fb.com/MariaDB.dbms Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com

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[Maria-discuss] Did we drop source for IBMDB2I?
by Colin Charles 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

Hi! Reading: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-versus-mysql-features/ "IBMDB2I. Oracle removed this in MySQL 5.1.55 but we have kept the code in MariaDB until the version 5.5." I'm not so sure. I looked for this engine in a 5.5.25 tarball in storage/ and didn't see it. It is in 5.3 tree trunk, but not 5.5 Is this an oversight? Or have we decided to remove the engine? Thanks -- 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] KB Question: GROUP BY trick has been optimized away
by Daniel Bartholomew 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

The following question has been posted to the Knowledgebase: https://kb.askmonty.org/en/group-by-trick-has-been-optimized-away/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GROUP BY trick has been optimized away Group-by trick example: Find the most populous city in each state: SELECT state, city, population, COUNT(*) AS num_cities FROM ( SELECT state, city, population FROM us ORDER BY state, population DESC ) p GROUP BY state ORDER BY state; +-------+-------------+------------+------------+ | state | city | population | num_cities | +-------+-------------+------------+------------+ | AK | Anchorage | 276263 | 16 | | AL | Birmingham | 231621 | 58 | | AR | Little Rock | 184217 | 40 | | AZ | Phoenix | 1428509 | 51 | | CA | Los Angeles | 3877129 | 447 | ... That was the output in MySQL 5.1. But with MariaDB 5.5.23, I get: +-------+-------------------+------------+------------+ | state | city | population | num_cities | +-------+-------------------+------------+------------+ | AK | Anchorage | 276263 | 16 | | AL | Alabaster | 26738 | 58 | | AR | Arkadelphia | 11062 | 40 | | AZ | Apache Junction | 34904 | 51 | | CA | Adelanto | 21955 | 447 | ... The EXPLAIN plan do longer shows a subquery, as if the inner ORDER BY has been thrown away. Granted, there is nothing in the definition of MySQL (much less in the SQL standard) that requires that Los Angeles should be bigger than Adelanto. But the replacement code for this 'trick' is quite messy. Am I correct in deducing (from the outside, looking in) that MariaDB's optimizations are the cause of the change? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thanks. -- Daniel Bartholomew Google+ - http://gplus.to/dbart Twitter - http://twitter.com/daniel_bart MariaDB: An Enhanced Drop-in Replacement for MySQL Website - http://mariadb.org Twitter - http://twitter.com/mariadb Google+ - http://gplus.to/mariadb Facebook - http://fb.com/MariaDB.dbms Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com

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[Maria-discuss] KB Question: DROP TABLE Syntax Causing Memory Leak
by Daniel Bartholomew 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

The following question has been posted to the Knowledgebase: https://kb.askmonty.org/en/drop-table-syntax-causeing-memory-leak/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DROP TABLE Syntax Causing Memory Leak I have a Server with 2 Xeon E5645 total 12cores and 24 threads on a X8DAH+-F-B Motherboard and 96Gigs of Memory and 4 Terabytes of hard drive space. We are running the newest stable release of MariaDB 5.5.25. every night I run a PHP script to bring a large data set roughly 500K records or so into a XtraDB Table I use as a "SWAP" table. I processing,filtering, massaging the data in this table then insert this processed data into other tables where it can be accessed by a web application. At the end of this Script I DROP this "SWAP" table. This Script runs 24 times a day and does not seem to have much issues. But For Some reason seemingly randomly the DROP table Command while checking permissions to drop the Table will lockup the database. I have tried truncate too and it seems to have the same issue. The innodb_buffer_pool_size=35G. Any Ideas what the problem could be or where to start looking? Noctechie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thanks. -- Daniel Bartholomew Google+ - http://gplus.to/dbart Twitter - http://twitter.com/daniel_bart MariaDB: An Enhanced Drop-in Replacement for MySQL Website - http://mariadb.org Twitter - http://twitter.com/mariadb Google+ - http://gplus.to/mariadb Facebook - http://fb.com/MariaDB.dbms Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com

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[Maria-discuss] MariaDB 5.5.25 now available
by Daniel Bartholomew 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB 5.5.25. This is a stable (GA) release. It includes MariaDB 5.3 and MySQL 5.5.25. - - MariaDB 5.5 Links - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Release Notes: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5525-release-notes Changelog: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5525-changelog Downloads: http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/5.5.25 APT and YUM Repository Configuration Generator: http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories/ Overview of MariaDB 5.5: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-55 - - Where else to find us - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - We're on: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MariaDB.dbms Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/mariadb Google+: http://gplus.to/mariadb Follow, friend, and add us to your circles to keep up to date with MariaDB! - - User Feedback plugin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MariaDB includes a User Feedback plugin. This plugin is disabled by default. If enabled, it submits basic, completely anonymous MariaDB usage information. This information is used by the developers to track trends in MariaDB usage to better guide development efforts. If you would like to help make MariaDB better, please add "plugin-load=feedback.so" to your my.cnf file! On Windows, add "feedback=ON" to your my.ini file, or click the checkbox during the installation of the MSI package. See http://kb.askmonty.org/en/user-feedback-plugin for more information. - - MariaDB Crash Course - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The MariaDB-specific book, MariaDB Crash Course, by Ben Forta, is an excellent way to learn more about MariaDB. This book - for beginner to intermediate level users - will get you up and running with MariaDB, even if you've never used a database before. More information is available at: http://forta.com/books/0321799941/ - - Quality - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The project always strives for quality, but in reality, nothing is perfect. Please take time to report any issues you encounter at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maria We hope you enjoy MariaDB! -- Daniel Bartholomew MariaDB - http://mariadb.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org

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[Maria-discuss] Compiling 5.5.20 on OS X
by Richard Dunn 03 Jun '12

03 Jun '12

I've been compiling MySQL and MariaDB on OS X for quite some time now, but this is the first time that I have ever used CMake to build an application. The 'make' step consistently fails with the following: Linking CXX executable ma_pagecache_consist_1k-t Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64: "_key_PAGECACHE_cache_lock", referenced from: _init_pagecache in libaria.a(ma_pagecache.c.o) ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64 I assume libaria.a is Maria specific. As a sanity check, I downloaded the MySQL source code for 5.5.21 from the MySQL site and I successfully compiled everything with CMake. Has anyone else successfully compiled a 64 bit 5.5.20 MariaDB on OS X? What am I missing?

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[Maria-discuss] MariaDB 5.5.24 now available
by Daniel Bartholomew 31 May '12

31 May '12

The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB 5.5.24. This is a stable (GA) release. It includes MariaDB 5.3.7 and MySQL 5.5.24. This version of MariaDB introduces new RPM packages for RHEL 5, CentOS 5 & 6, and Fedora 16. We have also created YUM repositories for those distributions. Setup instructions are available here: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/installing-mariadb-with-yum/ We are also now offering packages for BSD 9, MacOS X 10.5 (will be available within 24 hours), and Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" (via our Ubuntu APT repository). - - MariaDB 5.5 Links - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Release Notes: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5524-release-notes Changelog: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5524-changelog Downloads: http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.5.24 APT and YUM Repository Configuration Generator: http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/repositories/ Overview of MariaDB 5.5: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-55 - - MariaDB Crash Course - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The MariaDB-specific book, MariaDB Crash Course, by Ben Forta, is an excellent way to learn more about MariaDB. This book - for beginner to intermediate level users - will get you up and running with MariaDB, even if you've never used a database before. More information is available at: http://forta.com/books/0321799941/ - - User Feedback plugin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MariaDB includes a User Feedback plugin. This plugin is disabled by default. If enabled, it submits basic, completely anonymous MariaDB usage information. This information is used by the developers to track trends in MariaDB usage to better guide development efforts. If you would like to help make MariaDB better, please add "plugin-load=feedback.so" to your my.cnf file! On Windows, add "feedback=ON" to your my.ini file, or click the checkbox during the installation of the MSI package. See http://kb.askmonty.org/en/user-feedback-plugin for more information. - - Quality - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The project always strives for quality, but in reality, nothing is perfect. Please take time to report any issues you encounter at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maria - - Where else to find us - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - We're on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MariaDB.dbms We're on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/mariadb We're on Google Plus: http://gplus.to/mariadb We hope you enjoy MariaDB! -- Daniel Bartholomew MariaDB - http://mariadb.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org

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Re: [Maria-discuss] Maria/Aria unit test failures
by Brian Evans 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

On 4/14/2012 1:31 AM, Oleksandr Byelkin wrote: > 11.04.2012 23:51, Brian Evans написал: >> I'm trying to pin down why unit tests fail for the 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 >> series of the (m)aria engine. >> >> My build tool runs 'make test-unit' and the following errors appear. >> The build tool does strip out some environment variables, but running >> from bash directly doesn't change anything. >> >> Can anyone provide pointers? >> >> Thanks >> >> (This is from MariaDB 5.1.62) >> >> [16:34:05] ../storage/maria/unittest/ma_test_all-t ..................... >> 73/830 >> Failed test '../storage/maria/unittest/../ma_test2 -s -htmp -m10000 >> -e4096 -K ' (loop iteration 8.) at line 316 >> (errcode: 256, test: 83) >> [16:34:05] ../storage/maria/unittest/ma_test_all-t ..................... > > Could you describe condition of running (OS, 32/64 bit and so on). I > can't repeat it so need more information. > > [skip] Sure. This is output from my build tool which lists important libraries and the environment used. OS is Gentoo Linux. Architecture is x86_64. Portage 2.1.10.49 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.13-r4, 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.38-gentoo-r6-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-TM-_CPU_3.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.3 Timestamp of tree: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:30:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p20 dev-lang/python: 2.7.2-r3, 3.1.4-r3, 3.2.2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.6-r4 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.3 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.8.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.5-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.1 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.13-r4 CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=nocona" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=nocona" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j5"

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Re: [Maria-discuss] MariaDB & InnoDB native aio disabled
by Axel Schwenke 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

Hi Jocelyn, jocelyn fournier wrote: > > I've just figured out after installing MariaDB 5.5.23 on two server (one > directly from the x64 binary, and the other using the debian packing) > that innodb_use_native_aio is OFF on the two servers. ... > Am I missing something ? No, you are right. It seems both the tar.gz and deb packages provided by us are built without libaio. For the deb packages, we regard this a bug and I created this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maria/+bug/988204 For the tar.gz packages, we are rather reluctant to add additional dependencies like libaio. Unless deb, a tar.gz package cannot announce such dependencies, so users might end with a dysfunctional installation without a warning. We will review this decision internally. Thank you for reporting this problem! Axel Schwenke Senior Performance Engineer, MariaDB Services AB

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[Maria-discuss] getting all name-value pairs from a dynamic column
by MARK CALLAGHAN 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

These docs are excellent -- http://kb.askmonty.org/en/dynamic-columns How do you fetch all name-value pairs from a dynamic column in a format that can be consumed by a client? The client can select the column as is but then must know how mariadb encoded it. The function column_list returns the column names. If there were a function that encoded all name-value pairs as JSON, then the client could do something like this and be able to decode the result: select column_json(dynamic_column_name) from t where ... -- Mark Callaghan mdcallag(a)gmail.com

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