Imagine you have a garden shed with tools. It's full of shovels, rakes, planting equipment, and more. You want to know how many of each item you have, which ones are most popular, and if you have enough of a specific tool to share with a friend. Instead of a...
Benchmarking is the first step in tuning your database. It provides a starting point to assess whether further changes improve performance. During the benchmarking of a database, several aspects are tested and measured. The specific factors that get benchmarked depend...
The Error Code: 2068. LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE file request rejected due to restrictions on access error occurs when MySQL rejects the LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE command due to security restrictions. This can happen for various reasons, including server-side and client-side...
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...
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, Commvault...
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 because mysqldump...
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 status like...
If you need a High Availability (HA) setup to balance connections to your MariaDB cluster nodes, you should consider using HAProxy. HAProxy set up in a dual configuration (primary and secondary) will further contribute to your redundant HA topology. This blog is...
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...
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...