Progress on High Performance MySQL, 4th Edition
With the 3rd edition of High Performance MySQL finally complete, I’ve begun work on the 4th edition. As you know, technology moves much faster than printing presses, and a book is outdated very quickly, so this is a never-ending project. I’m also outlining the 5th edition in anticipation of starting it immediately afterwards.
I’m looking for your input on what I should cover in the new edition. Should I discuss MySQL’s intra-query parallelization across multiple CPU cores? Should I explore how cloud computing platforms enable higher performance at lower cost than dedicated hardware? Should I explain the bizarre bug in MySQL’s datetime type that causes it to skip the day after March 31st every year? What are your suggestions?
It is not a bug! It is a feature!
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mysql> SELECT ’2012-03-31′ + INTERVAL 1 DAY AS `April’s fool`
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| April’s fool |
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| Be very careful – things may happen this day! |
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1 row in set (0.00 sec)
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Peter Laursen
1 Apr 12 at 11:23 am
Continue here:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool
BTW: The best one I have seen this year is here:
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=da&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dmi.dk%2Fdmi%2Fgalaksen_giver_gratis_stroem_om_20_aar&act=url
Peter Laursen
1 Apr 12 at 11:55 am
Hi Baron, please don’t forget internationalization. MySQL supports many a DBA consultant with lucrative features like “double-encoded your data? i was just following orders!”. Let me know if you need a complete list.
Robert Hodges
1 Apr 12 at 6:02 pm
Baron,
In he tnext book I would like to discuss how we can run XtraDB Cluster on 8-cores Android tablets connected each with other into cluster.
VadimTk
1 Apr 12 at 9:32 pm
Hi Baron,
It will be good if you add one topic called MySQL DBaaS. I haven’t seen any good description over internet about this.
Vineet
2 Apr 12 at 2:48 am
I hate April’s fool’s day.
BTW, you should update the image of “Books I’ve Authored” for your newest book. Links leads to 3rd edition, but image is for second (easy to tell by the smudge which is the infinite list of authors).
Shlomi Noach
2 Apr 12 at 6:02 am
Vineet, that topic is already covered in the 3rd edition. You should buy a copy!
Xaprb
2 Apr 12 at 7:21 am
Robert, I’m never going to write about the really hard stuff or tell people how to get by without paying me. Seriously, why cut my own legs off with a chainsaw?
Xaprb
2 Apr 12 at 7:22 am
Vadim, I was wondering about running it on iPads. Or an iPod Shuffle.
Xaprb
2 Apr 12 at 7:23 am
Shlomi, thanks — updated :)
Xaprb
2 Apr 12 at 7:28 am
@baron, There’s no reason why explaining i18n will cut into your consulting fees. Realistically even renowned experts only understand it long enough to write blog articles, right? You can just put your phone # in at the end as a public service and let readers know that operators are standing by.
Robert Hodges
3 Apr 12 at 4:06 pm