Fun with Bugs #74 - On MySQL Bug Reports I am Subscribed to, Part XI
For some reason the Committee of FOSDEM 2019 MySQL, MariaDB & Friends Devroom of all my talks submitted picked up the one on how to create a useful MySQL bug report, so I have no options but...
View ArticleWhat May Cause MySQL ERROR 1213
Probably all of us, MySQL users, DBAs and developers had seen error 1213 more than once, in one context or the other:mysql> select * from t1;ERROR 1213 (40001): Deadlock found when trying to get...
View ArticleFun with Bugs #75 - On MySQL Bug Reports I am Subscribed to, Part XII
From the lack of comments to my previous post it seems everything is clear with ERROR 1213 in different kinds and forks of MySQL. I may still write a post of two about MyRocks or TokuDB deadlocks one...
View ArticleHow to Get Details About MyRocks Deadlocks in MariaDB and Percona Server
In my previous post on ERROR 1213 I noted that Percona Server does not support the SHOW ENGINE ROCKSDB TRANSACTION STATUS statement to get deadlock details in "text" form. I've got some clarifications...
View ArticleMariaDB JIRA for MySQL DBAs
These days several kinds and forks of MySQL are widely used, and while I promised not to write about MySQL bugs till the end of 2018, I think it makes sense to try to explain basic details about bug...
View ArticleFun with Bugs #76 - On MySQL Bug Reports I am Subscribed to, Part XIII
Holidays season is almost over here, so it's time to get back to my main topic of MySQL bugs. Proper MySQL bug reporting will be a topic of my FOSDEM 2019 talk in less than 4 weeks (and few slides with...
View ArticleUnderstanding Status of MariaDB Server JIRA Issues
In my previous blog post on MariaDB's JIRA for MySQL users who are familiar with MySQL bugs database (but may be new to JIRA) I've presented some details about statuses that JIRA issues may have. There...
View ArticleUsing dbdeployer With MariaDB Server
Some time ago I've noted that one of the tools I use for testing various MySQL and MariaDB cases and to reproduce potential bugs, MySQL-Sandbox, is not updated any more. It turned out that active...
View ArticleFun with Bugs #77 - On MySQL Bug Reports I am Subscribed to, Part XIV
Slides for my talk about MySQL bugs at FOSDEM 2019 MySQL, MariaDB and Friends Devroon are ready, support customers decided not to break anything badly on weekend, so I have some free time for blogging....
View ArticleFun with Bugs #78 - On Some Public Bugs Fixed in MySQL 5.7.25
Today I'd like to continue my tradition of ignoring MySQL 8 (after all, I can not even build 8.0.14 any more on my Ubuntu 14.04, it's not supported suddenly because of old gcc version) and, of all...
View ArticleOn my Favorite FOSDEM 2019 MySQL, MariaDB and Friends Devroom Talks
This year I had not only spoken about MySQL bugs reporting at FOSDEM, but spent almost the entire day listening at MySQL, MariaDB and Friends Devroom. I missed only one talk, on ProxySQL, (to get some...
View ArticleFun with Bugs #79 - On MySQL Bug Reports I am Subscribed to, Part XV
More than 3 weeks passed since my previous review of public MySQL bug reports I am subscribed to, so it's time to present some of the bugs I've considered interesting in January, 2019.As usual, I'll...
View ArticleFun with Bugs #80 - On MySQL Bug Reports I am Subscribed to, Part XVI
Today I'd like to continue my review of public MySQL bug reports with a list of some bugs I've subscribed to over last 3 weeks. It's already long enough and includes nice cases to check and share. Note...
View ArticleFun with Bugs #81 - On MySQL Bug Reports I am Subscribed to, Part XVII
Two weeks passed since my previous review of public MySQL bug reports I consider interesting enough to subscribe to them. Over this period I picked up a dozen or so new public bug reports that I'd like...
View ArticleOn References to MariaDB and MariaDB Bugs (MDEVs) in MySQL Bug Reports
Recently I noted that some of my comments to public MySQL bug reports got hidden by somebody from Oracle with privileges to do so. I was not able to find out who did that and when, as this information...
View ArticleFun with Bugs #82 - On MySQL Bug Reports I am Subscribed to, Part XVIII
I've got few comments to my post on references to MariaDB in MySQL bug reports (not in the blog, but via social media and in personal messages), and all but one comments from current and former...
View ArticleFun with Bugs #83 - On MySQL Bug Reports I am Subscribed to, Part XIX
I have not much yet to say on a populartopic of upgrading everything to MySQL 8, so let me just continue reviewing public MySQL bug reports that I've subscribed to recently. After my previous post at...
View ArticleFun with Bugs #84 - On Some Public Bugs Fixed in MySQL 5.7.26
Oracle released minor MySQL Server versions in all supported branches on April 25, 2019. MySQL 5.7.26 is just one of them, but recently I prefer to ignore MySQL 8 releases (after checking that I can...
View ArticleFun with Bugs #85 - On MySQL Bug Reports I am Subscribed to, Part XX
We have a public holiday here today and it's raining outside for a third day in a row already, so I hardly have anything better to do than writing yet another review of public MySQL bug reports that...
View ArticleMySQL Support Engineer's Chronicles, Issue #9
My previous post from this series was published more than 1.5 years ago. I had never planned to stop writing about my everyday work on a regular basis, but sometimes it's not easy to pick up something...
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