A year ago, the outline was being written. A lot of work was crammed into the intervening months, and I am happy and proud to announce that the MySQL Administrator's Bible has been published, and is sitting on the shelf at many major booksellers already. The official publication date is today -- Monday, May 11th, 2009 -- although some stores have had copies for a week, including Amazon.com.The MySQL Administrator's Bible, published by Wiley Press (available on Amazon.com at

(one note, I have updated a previous blog post by adding the video for the LISA presentation I gave entitled "How to Stop Hating MySQL")OpenSQL Camp is in full swing! Baron Schwartz has done an amazing job organizing this free unconference.We are well into the 2nd session of the day, and the quality of the presentations is excellent (though I expected that!) and it is always great to see people.Some pictures....

The MySQL server is not really in the phone. It's accessed through a ssh connection. But it is cool to see nonetheless.

The Librarian goes mobile!

A collection of MySQL cartoons, featuring Sakila in several environments. Includes images for LAMP, Java, performance, Proxy, Forge, Security, University, Speaker, Writer, traveler, wizard, Summer of Code, and the Librarian.

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