Monica Silva

Database Administrator

Monica is a certified MySQL Database Administrator working with multiple clients to provide professional MySQL services. She is currently working towards her AWS Cloud Practitioner certification.

Warning! Percona Cautions Against MySQL Upgrade After 8.0.37

Attention MySQL users that are running MySQL 8.0.38, MySQL 8.4.1, or MySQL 9.0.0: The folks at Percona are sounding the alarms in a blog published last week. They identified a potential bug, of which mysqld will crash at restart if the database has more than 10,000... read more

Commvault Error: Backup process could not find log [~/mysql/data/log-bin.xxxx~] in the given transaction log location

Commvault, a comprehensive data protection and management solution, integrates with MySQL databases for backup operations. It leverages MySQL’s binlog positions to ensure consistent and efficient backups of MySQL databases. By tracking the binlog positions,... read more

Solved! mysqldump: Couldn’t execute ‘show create table table’

You might see this error if trying to perform a logical backup on a table that is corrupted. mysqldump: Couldn’t execute ‘show create table `table`’: Table ‘table’ is marked as crashed and last (automatic?) repair failed (144) This error occurs... read more

Commvault Error: Couldn’t execute ‘show table status like ‘view_name’: SELECT command denied to user ”@’%’ for column in table

Are you getting this error when trying to perform a backup using Commvault? Received failed message for job [49398567], phase [Transaction Log]. Backup of [~database_name~] MySQL database failed. The error message [~mysqldump: Couldn’t execute ‘show table... read more

Running MySQL Commands in AWS Cloudshell: 1st Step to Creating a Bash Script

Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) for MySQL is a fully managed database service designed to simplify the deployment, management, and scaling of MySQL databases in the cloud. The service is an attractive option because of its high availability and durability... read more

MySQL Functions vs. Stored Procedures

Leveraging the right tools at the right time is crucial for optimizing performance, ensuring data integrity, and simplifying development processes. Two critical components in this landscape are MySQL functions and stored procedures. While both offer ways to... read more