Another MySQL DBA

I addressed the secure_auth errors before when it blocks replication in this blog post . However, I figured I would make this blog post a...

So today I happen to need to restore a MySQL database from backups so I could recover some tables. While I left he production database runn...

So I came across an odd situation today. I have a system that creates memory tables using the PHP  $_COOKIE['PHPSESSID'] value. ...

This is not a new feature by any means but it is a question I have happen to see pop up every now and then. So a quick example is following...

So of course Percona has documentation that explain the process. The goal of this blog is to go into a little more detail in hopes that can...