Laughing Meme » databases http://laughingmeme.org Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:12:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 InnoDB 1.0: “Fast index creation: add or drop indexes without copying the data” http://laughingmeme.org/2008/04/16/innodb-10-fast-index-creation-add-or-drop-indexes-without-copying-the-data/ http://laughingmeme.org/2008/04/16/innodb-10-fast-index-creation-add-or-drop-indexes-without-copying-the-data/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:57:38 +0000 Kellan http://laughingmeme.org/?p=3801 Because the write locking happens at data copy time. If this pans out looks like they’ll have managed to stay focused post-Oracle acquisition.

http://www.innodb.com/innodb_plugin/features/

]]> http://laughingmeme.org/2008/04/16/innodb-10-fast-index-creation-add-or-drop-indexes-without-copying-the-data/feed/ 0 Liminal Existence: SELECT * FROM everything, or why databases are awesome. http://laughingmeme.org/2007/06/25/liminal-existence-select-from-everything-or-why-databases-are-awesome/ http://laughingmeme.org/2007/06/25/liminal-existence-select-from-everything-or-why-databases-are-awesome/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:57:13 +0000 Kellan http://laughingmeme.org/2007/06/25/liminal-existence-select-from-everything-or-why-databases-are-awesome/ Blaine continues the work of making Rails scale beyond its “for 3000 of your closet friends” default scale. I expect to see some FORCE INDEX patches coming out of some recent chats we’ve had.

http://romeda.org/blog/2007/06/select-from-everything-or-why-databases.html

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