What Java Stuff Should MySQL 'Play Nice' With?
As part of our build/qa process for Connector/J, we run around 20 thousand different tests across most JVM versions, and the latest shipping MySQL version(s) in the 3.23, 4.0, 4.1 and 5.0 lines.We‘re...
View ArticleWhat Would You Ask the Java Persistence 'Heads-of-State'?
The MySQL Users'Conference will be in April in Santa Clara (hope you can make it).As chairperson of the ‘Java‘ track, I‘ve been able to persuade someone from each ‘camp‘ (Hibernate/EJB3, JDO and stock...
View ArticleEarly Bird Registration for MySQL Users' Conference is Open!
I‘m really excited about the upcoming MySQL Users‘ Conference this April in Santa Clara, as we‘re going to have a lot of coverage of Java topics, and some really high-profile, knowledgable speakers. I...
View ArticleAre Conference Hotels Defrauding Guests? (Or "No, I didn't use the minibar, I...
Okay, I‘m curious as to how many people are being hit with (what I would call) “fraudulent” tactic…This is the second conference in a row where the hotel has charged me for minibar access after I...
View ArticleConnector/J 3.1 Upgrade Woes?
Looking at the referers for this weblog, it seems a lot of you out there upgrading to Connector/J 3.1 are having issues with the two following changes:Connector/J 3.1 now detects data truncation, and...
View ArticleGetting together with long-time users
I ran into Alec Cawley, a longtime user of Connector/J (even goes back to the MM.MySQL days) here at the users‘ conference. For me, it‘s always energizing to hear what people are doing with software...
View ArticleNew SpecJAppserver2004 Results w/ MySQL and SunAS-8.1
Looks like Sun‘s finally posted the SpecJAppserver2004 results they‘ve been working on with us.This has touched off at least one discussion on TheServerSide, as well as a mention in Jonathan Schwartz‘s...
View ArticleThe Search for the Perfect Multiline Cordless Phone System...
Well, we had to give up on our trusty old Siemens Gigaset multi-line 2.4Ghz phonesystem last week. For those of you that haven‘t used one, these things are basically like a mini-PBX in a desktop unit…2...
View ArticlePublishing Coverage Reports for Connector/J
We‘re on the cusp of releasing Connector/J 5.0.0, which will replace the Connector/J 3.2 version (which never made it out of alpha). We‘re synchronizing the version numbers of the various connectors at...
View ArticleMySQL Connector/J 5.0 Nightly Snapshots Now Available
We‘re changing the version number on all connectivity libraries at MySQL (ODBC, ADO.Net, JDBC) to match the latest version of the server they work with, so the “next“ version of Connector/J will be...
View ArticleMySQL User Conference Time Again - Call for Papers Open
The call for papers for the 2006 MySQL Users‘ Conference is open. I‘m chairing the “Java” track, and am appealing to all of you users out there with a MySQL and Java story that you‘d be willing to...
View ArticleMySQL helps deliver Oracle Technet Podcasts
Someone at work today pointed out a podcast from Tom Kyte (a fountain of Oracle knowledge who‘s really hooked into his user community) of Oracle that covers Oracle 10g XE (their “free” product).Both...
View ArticleOracle 10g XE - Free is not Free
Dimitri has an interesting post entitled "And Free Oracle for All" over on his blog about Oracle 10g XE: At quick glance all features of 10g release 2 supported in XE, including Oracle Text for full...
View ArticleWhy Does JavaBlogs List My Entries Twice?
This is more just a test, as it seems since Jroller enabled pings to javablogs, my entries get listed twice. So, for this test I‘m using a ping, but have set the javablogs update “queue“ to only poll...
View ArticleBack to Windows for Awhile....
I‘ve been running Fedora Core 3 (and 4) for my “daily driver“ for the last year and a half or so, and have been relatively happy with them, but am moving back to Windows (specifically Server 2003) for...
View ArticleAbout to Give up on WD Drives
I Lost my third Western Digital drive in a row over the weekend, and it‘s not due to a cooling issue from what I can tell via SMART readings over the lives of the drives.This one was a 160GB SATA which...
View ArticleChicago MySQL Meetup is Tonight!
I‘ll be at the MySQL meetup tonight, as will many others. If you‘re interested in meeting some MySQL users and developers in the Chicago area, please drop by!More information is at...
View ArticleYes, it really is this easy to embed MySQL Server into your Java Application
For those folks out there that are used to Derby, or HSQL, here‘s a way to embed MySQL into your Java application that you might not have seen.As a bonus, you get all of the third-party tool support...
View ArticleAnybody using Maven with Connector/J?
I‘d like to keep the iBiblio repository up to date as we release new versions of MySQL Connector/J, but the documentation at http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-ibiblio-upload.html assumes that...
View ArticleDo we really need a 5-blade Microprocessor-Controlled Razor?
I saw an add for the new Gillette Fusion on television last night. They‘re touting the fact that it has 5 blades, and a microprocessor controlled power regulator to control the voltage they send to the...
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