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.

The presentation will discuss the loading and indexing of spatial data, but will concentrate on the spatial functions available for further analysis in MySQL. Specific business cases will be used to illustrate these functions, such as the real-time monitoring of boats in offshore windfarm construction. A Java front-end will be used to support the claim that Java plus Mysql equals traditional GIS

MySQL Cluster is unique among the selection of MySQL storage engines in that's not exclusively dependent on a MySQL server. The result is that a cluster can be accessed just as any other MySQL database or directly with the native NDB API. This session will cover application development with MySQL Cluster and Java using NDB/J.

Ed Ort, Senior Staff Information Engineer, Sun Microsystems talk with Mark Matthews, Architect, Enterprise Tools, Sun Microsystems about MySQL and Java best practices