MySQL Enterprise Database Firewall — Control and Monitor SQL Statement...
As of MySQL 5.6.24, MySQL Enterprise Edition includes MySQL Enterprise Firewall, an application-level firewall (it runs within the mysql database process) that enables database administrators to permit...
View ArticleMySQL 5.7 Labs — Inserting, Updating, and Deleting Records via HTTP
In the MySQL Labs version of MySQL version 5.7, there is a new HTTP plugin. The HTTP plugin documentation from the labs site provides this information (from MySQL Labs): The HTTP Plugin for MySQL adds...
View ArticleCreating and Restoring Database Backups With mysqldump and MySQL Enterprise...
Part 1 of 2: (part two) If you have used MySQL for a while, you have probably used mysqldump to backup your database. In part one of this blog, I am going to show you how to create a simple full and...
View ArticleCreating and Restoring Database Backups With mysqldump and MySQL Enterprise...
In part one of this post, I gave you a couple examples of how to backup your MySQL databases using mysqldump. In part two, I will show you how to use the MySQL Enterprise Backup (MEB) to create a full...
View ArticleUsing Perl to Send Tweets Stored in a MySQL Database to Twitter
Using twitter can sometimes feel like driving downtown, screaming what you want to say out the window, and hoping someone hears you. There might be tens of thousands of people downtown, but your...
View ArticleUsing Perl and MySQL to Automatically Respond to Retweets on Twitter
In my previous post, I showed you a way to store tweets in MySQL, and then use Perl to automatically publish them on Twitter. In this post, we will look at automatically sending a “thank you” to people...
View ArticleMySQL Enterprise Audit : Parsing Audit Information From Log Files, Inserting...
The MySQL Enterprise Audit plug-in is part of the MySQL Enterprise Edition (available through a paid license). Basically, Enterprise Audit tracks everything that is happening on your MySQL server, and...
View ArticleHowTo: Retrieve Direct Messages From Twitter and Store Them in MySQL
In two earlier posts, I gave some examples on how to use Perl to send tweets stored in a MySQL database to Twitter, and then how to automatically reply to your retweets with a “thanks”. In this post, I...
View ArticleUse MySQL and Perl to automatically find, follow and unfollow twitter users
A friend of mine asked me how they could automatically follow and unfollow people on Twitter. But they didn’t want to follow just anyone and everyone. He had a Twitter account which they used for...
View ArticleAdd RSS feeds to your Twitter stream using MySQL and Perl
Adding good content to Twitter can be a pain. I can’t do it during working hours, and I don’t have much time at night. But, the more content you have, the more followers you can gain, and the more your...
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