Author Archives: Markus Popp

db4free.net running on new server

After the recent InnoDB corruption, db4free.net has moved onto a new server (from a new service provider), starting over with a fresh MySQL server for the users. The old server can be accessed through phpMyAdmin at http://www.db4free.net/phpMyAdmin/. Select the 2nd … Continue reading

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Quick update on db4free.net

I had migrating db4free.net to a new server (slightly stronger, much cheaper) in mind anyway. Now with the current problems, it’s probably best to go forward with this migration right away. I will start with a fresh and clean MySQL … Continue reading

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Archives have grown a bit

More blog articles have migrated from the old db4free.blogspot.com to the new mpopp.net (that’s here) blog. They can all be found in the Archives section. But if you find this blog, having expected to end up at db4free.blogspot.com (first of … Continue reading

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My first public guitar (and blues harp) videos

I made recordings of myself playing on the guitar and other instruments before, but I always found excuses why I didn’t want to upload them to somewhere where a larger audience can see and listen to it. Being the person … Continue reading

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Videos of Moon and Saturn

Today I took videos of both the (near full) Moon and the (little past opposition) Saturn through my telescope. First the Moon: This one was captured with my old Kodak EasyShare C813. A camera which I bought 3 years ago … Continue reading

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db4free.net has received better language detection

A few months ago I wrote about how to do language detection correctly, to respect the user’s preferred language setting in his/her browser, aka the HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE header. Now, finally, db4free.net has received exactly this implementation. Took me a while, but … Continue reading

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PlanetMySQL RSS Feed working again

Sorry for the hiccups of the PlanetMySQL RSS feed. The problem has been identified and is now fixed. Everybody subscribed to the feed should now be getting updates again .

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OurSQL Podcasts available at dev.mysql.com

Noticed the new navigation item in the MySQL Developer Zone? Sarah Novotny and Sheeri K. Cabral have picked up the OurSQL Podcasts again which were on hiatus for a while (well, they have now been back again for a while … Continue reading

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MySQL 5.5 published as Generally Available release – and available at db4free.net

Today, December 15, 2010, MySQL 5.5.8 was released – and is now generally available. db4free.net has been updated to 5.5.8 GA. Read the Introduction to MySQL 5.5 to find out what’s new and … give it a try!

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New chance for crashed (port 3307) db4free.net server

One month ago I set up a new MySQL 5.5 db4free.net server instance, after the old instance started to keep crashing. Since then, the former user database server has run on port 3307 to give people a chance to rescue … Continue reading

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