[Maria-developers] read_buffer_size query

2013-03-22 Thread Ian Gilfillan
find, at https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mysqld-options-full-list/, it's described more generally, not specifically mentioning MyISAM. Does this variable apply to other storage engines as well now (Aria?), or still only MyISAM? thanks, ian gilfillan ___

[Maria-developers] bulk_insert_buffer_size query

2013-04-01 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Hi Does the bulk insert optimization used for MyISAM tables - the cache determined by the bulk_insert_buffer_size system variable - also apply to Aria (or any other) tables in the same way? thanks, ian ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria

Re: [Maria-developers] Documentation about GTID

2013-05-07 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Thanks Kristian, very thorough docs! I've formatted and added to the knowledgebase (incorporating Arjen's suggestion) at https://kb.askmonty.org/en/global-transaction-id/ I'll fan out the changes to other affected articles (syntax, server variables, replication) during the week. On 06/05/2013 15

[Maria-developers] Empty_queries vs Com_empty_queries

2013-05-17 Thread Ian Gilfillan
I'm documenting the status variables at the moment, and have a question about Empty_queries vs Com_empty_queries. Com_empty_queries is not incremented when an empty result is returned, and appears to be incremented only when an empty query is sent to the server, eg: mysql --comments -e '-- s

[Maria-developers] Syncs server status variable

2013-05-26 Thread Ian Gilfillan
What does the Syncs server status variable record, and when was it introduced? I can't seem to find this documented anywhere. thanks, ian gilfillan ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers Post to : maria-devel

[Maria-developers] Open Questions in the knowledgebase

2013-05-31 Thread Ian Gilfillan
I've been cleaning up the questions on the knowledgebase, but there are still a few open ones that need a response. If anyone can help, please pay a visit. Here are the ones still needing feedback: Multiple error logs: https://kb.askmonty.org/en/multiple-err-logs/ Query optimizer: https://kb.a

[Maria-developers] Reserved words

2013-07-11 Thread Ian Gilfillan
How can one find a definitive list of reserved words for a particular version? The comments in sql/lex.h say that that's a list of all reserved words and functions, but it appears to contain some words that are neither (such as ACTION). SELECT * FROM mysql.help_keyword also lists ACTION ACTIO

[Maria-developers] COT() function

2013-08-01 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Hi SELECT COT(0) returns: ERROR 1690 (22003): DOUBLE value is out of range in 'cot(0)' in both MariaDB 10 and 5.5, but in MySQL 5.1 it returns NULL. I can't find a changelog reference to this, but I see it's still documented as returning NULL in MySQL 5.5 (I don't have this to test on). Is t

Re: [Maria-developers] Additional documentation for GTID

2013-08-23 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Hi Kristian Sure, will do. ian On 23/08/2013 14:11, Kristian Nielsen wrote: Hi Daniel, Ian, I have implemented a new system variable for global transaction ID and pushed it into 10.0-base (so it should appear in 10.0.5 I suppose). I have written some text for documenting the new variable, ap

Re: [Maria-developers] alter online table documentation

2013-08-26 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Hi Roberto The page you linked is from the SQL-99 book, and is not specific to MariaDB. You were looking for: https://kb.askmonty.org/en/alter-table/ which does (very) briefly mention ALTER ONLINE TABLE There's been quite a bit of confusion about the SQL-99 book. It should have some prominent

Re: [Maria-developers] alter online table documentation

2013-08-26 Thread Ian Gilfillan
ow could i help with these docs? What mail list should i send doubts about docs? Devel, discuss, anyother? Thanks Em 26/08/2013 04:49, "Ian Gilfillan" <mailto:launch...@greenman.co.za>> escreveu: Hi Roberto The page you linked is from the SQL-99 book, and is not

[Maria-developers] Opened_plugin_libraries status variable

2013-11-05 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Hi I would like to document the Opened_plugin_libraries status variable, introduced in MariaDB 10.0, but can't understand what it's all about. I have looked at: http://lists.askmonty.org/pipermail/commits/2013-April/004595.html but it's not really making sense what it's testing. In my own set

[Maria-developers] Open Questions in the Knowledge Base

2013-11-19 Thread Ian Gilfillan
There are quite a few unanswered questions in the Knowledge Base https://mariadb.com/kb/en/+questions/ If anyone knowledgeable in those areas can help answer some of these, even just a request for more info, that would be great :) thanks, ian ___ Ma

Re: [Maria-developers] get is now a reserved word in mariadb 10 ?

2013-11-21 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Hi Jocelyn Is there a specific KB entry for MariaDB 10.0.6 reserved words ? (I only see an entry for 5.5 here : https://mariadb.com/kb/en/reserved-words/ ) There isn't yet an entry for 10.0 reserved words in the Knowledge Base, but I will look at adding the details to the page you mentioned

[Maria-developers] Updating OQGRAPH tables

2014-02-07 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Hi I have been struggling to get OQGRAPH working with MariaDB 10.0.7. The system has been hanging and crashing frequently. I will post as bugs if I can recreate them, but this question is simply, how can I update the data? On a new install of MariaDB 10.0.7 and OQGRAPH - I create the sample t

[Maria-developers] Open Knowledge Base questions

2014-02-16 Thread Ian Gilfillan
There are a few open questions on the Knowledge Base - some have been around a while, and it would be great if anyone can answer them: 1) Licensing question about MariaDB and dot net Connector: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/licencing-of-mariadb-and-mysql-dot-net-connector/ 2) Query on whether the M

[Maria-developers] MariaDB Developers (Un)Conference

2017-03-24 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Hi The schedule for the MariaDB Developers (Un)Conference (to be held in New York, April 9 and 10) is being fleshed out, so this is a last call to add or vote for any sessions. You can update the spreadsheet directly: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mUFk5gd0fd6amjxGhb7hG1xRHQdh-9qxavp5

Re: [Maria-developers] RFC: new replication feature "per-engine mysql.gtid_slave pos"

2017-07-11 Thread Ian Gilfillan
In order to document this properly (and in response to https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-13236) , I want to clarify a few things: As I understand it: * the variable is dynamic, so changes becomes effective immediately * tables are created immediately whenever a transaction is seen from a sp

[Maria-developers] 2nd 2017 Developers Unconference

2017-09-11 Thread Ian Gilfillan
The dates for the Developers Unconference in Shenzhen, China, are coming up fast. This is our first official event in Asia, and will be held from 13 November - 17 November. 13 November - new contributor day 14-15 November - traditional developers unconference 16-17 November - patch days As a

Re: [Maria-developers] Wording suggestion?

2018-01-30 Thread Ian Gilfillan
simultaneous_assignment would be my choice; as you say it's the most accurate, if a little long. 30/01/2018 13:24, Sergei Golubchik wrote: Hi, Russell! On Jan 29, Russell J.T. Dyer wrote: Is this mode related only to UPDATE and this feature? If so, maybe it could be something like one of th

[Maria-developers] Developers Unconference in New York

2018-02-16 Thread Ian Gilfillan
A final reminder about the Developers Unconference happening in New York on Sat 24 and Sun 25 February, just before M|18. https://mariadb.org/2018-mariadb-developers-unconference/ Please sign up on the Meetup page if you are going to be attending: https://www.meetup.com/MariaDB-Developers/events

[Maria-developers] MariaDB Developers Unconference in June

2018-05-03 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Hi A reminder about the next MariaDB Developers Unconference, which will be held in Tampera, Finland, from 26 June to 29 June. This will be a four-day event; the first day focusing on new contributors, the 2nd and 3rd the regular Unconference sessions and discussions, and the 4th day on gett

Re: [Maria-developers] [beginner] how can I assign an existing ticket to myself?

2018-10-12 Thread Ian Gilfillan
The best way is to write a comment in the ticket, stating that you are interested in working on it and some details, and requesting that it be assigned to you. On 11/10/2018 16:41, Takashi Sasaki wrote: Hello, I wanted to contribute something to MariaDB, so I signed up to Jira, but how can I

[Maria-developers] MariaDB Developers Unconference

2018-11-19 Thread Ian Gilfillan
The MariaDB Developer Unconference is taking place in New York 23-24 Feb, just before OpenWorks: https://mariadb.org/2019-developers-unconference-new-york/ Please sign up on the Meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/MariaDB-Developers/events/256385430/ - security is very tight at the building,

Re: [Maria-developers] Documenting is needed: MDEV-16991 Rounding vs truncation for TIME, DATETIME, TIMESTAMP

2018-11-26 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Thanks for the alert - I've added this to JIRA: https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-17836 Ideally all issues that require documentation updates should have a related documentation task - at the moment there are still numerous changes that are only picked up afterwards. On 2018/11/26 13:17,

Re: [Maria-developers] Documenting is needed: MDEV-16991 Rounding vs truncation for TIME, DATETIME, TIMESTAMP

2018-11-26 Thread Ian Gilfillan
On 2018/11/26 13:32, Alexander Barkov wrote: Should developers create related documentation tasks to MDEVs that need attention from the documentation team? Yes, please do. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers Post to : m

Re: [Maria-developers] eq_range_index_dives_limit

2019-02-01 Thread Ian Gilfillan
I see the eq_range_index_dive_limit default has been set to 10 in 10.4.3. I see some different EXPLAIN results in the commit, but I don't see any notes on why or how 10 was chosen over any other value. MySQL increased the default to 200 from MySQL 5.7.4, based it seems on some community feedbac

[Maria-developers] MariaDB Developers Unconference, New York

2019-02-10 Thread Ian Gilfillan
A final reminder about the MariaDB Developers Unconference taking place 23 - 24 February in New York, just before OpenWorks. We're almost at capacity, so if you haven't signed up yet, please do so soon. Details about where to sign up and how to suggest sessions are at https://mariadb.org/2019-

Re: [Maria-developers] mdev6027 RLIKE: "." no longer matching new line (default_regex_flags)

2014-04-23 Thread Ian Gilfillan
On 23/04/2014 09:28, Alexander Barkov wrote: Jan, can you please update the manual? Sure, will do. Thanks for the detailed writeup. Which release is this variable scheduled to be included in? It's Ian, not Jan btw, although all comes from one and the same root name originally ;) ian

Re: [Maria-developers] MDEV-4051 INET6_ATON() and INET6_NTOA()

2014-05-31 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Hi Alexander I will document these shortly, but please clarify the version. https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-4051 states the fix version as 10.1.0, but I presume this isn't correct. Will they be in 10.0.12? thanks, ian On 30/05/2014 14:28, Alexander Barkov wrote: Hello Ian, I have

Re: [Maria-developers] [Commits] Rev 4275: MDEV-5867 ALTER TABLE t1 ENGINE=InnoDB keeps bad options when t1 ENGINE is CONNECT

2014-07-08 Thread Ian Gilfillan
I like Jocelyn's solution. The whole situation is quite messy with all sorts of edge cases, but this seems to make the best of it. THE SHOW CREATE statement will be functional, and the metadata will be displayed in a readable form. On 08/07/2014 14:21, Jocelyn Fournier wrote: This is easy t

[Maria-developers] CONNECT system variables

2014-08-07 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Hi I am trying to document the CONNECT system variables at https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/documentation/storage-engines/connect/connect-system-variables/ but I can't seem to find much documentation in the code. I managed to put something together from Olivier's notes in JIRA for some of the

Re: [Maria-developers] innodb-buffer-pool-instances confusion

2014-08-07 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Thanks, the new page should rather use 8 as the default, so I've changed it there and mentioned the Windows 32-bit oddity on the other pages. On 06/08/2014 23:45, Jeremy Cole wrote: Haha, this is the code in storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc: 3260 ▸ if (innobase_buffer_pool_instance

[Maria-developers] Renaming Virtual Columns to Computed Columns

2015-01-19 Thread Ian Gilfillan
There was a suggestion on the docs mailing list that we rename Virtual Columns to Computed Columns. I think it makes sense, but before we implement I want to make sure everyone is happy with the change, so am repeating it here as not everyone follows docs. Currently, we use the term Virtual Co

Re: [Maria-developers] Renaming Virtual Columns to Computed Columns

2015-01-19 Thread Ian Gilfillan
On 01/19/2015 03:50 PM, Peter Laursen wrote: 1) As regards terminology, IMHO it would be logical if 'computed' is used as the "upperlevel" term. "sublevel' terms would be 'virtual' and 'persistent' (ie. a 'computed' column may be either 'virtual' or 'persistent'). Yes, that's right. 2) It i

Re: [Maria-developers] Interest in Contributing to MariaDB and participation in GSoC 2015

2015-02-11 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Seeing as there's already discussion starting, and already tasks labeled gsoc2015 in Jira, I've created the GSoC 2015 page on the Knowledge Base - https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/google-summer-of-code-2015/ Feel free to add details there. ian ___

Re: [Maria-developers] [Maria-discuss] Enabling feedback pluging for MariaDB 10.1.4

2015-03-12 Thread Ian Gilfillan
I understand that the statistics would have some meaning, and understand that there's no actual data being sent, etc. However, enabling the feedback plugin by default IS going to create a whole lot of negative publicity for MariaDB. Is the limited data the feedback plugin provides worthwhile?

Re: [Maria-developers] MariaDB Debian deprecation policy

2015-05-07 Thread Ian Gilfillan
I think the dates listed at https://wiki.debian.org/LTS should be used as guidelines. Squeeze "LTS" will be supported until Feb 2016. On 06/05/2015 21:08, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: Hello! 2015-05-06 21:42 GMT+03:00 Daniel Bartholomew : On the MariaDB Deprecation Policy page we list planned depr

Re: [Maria-developers] [Commits] 95a99d8: MDEV-8303; Dumping buffer pool noisy in the logs.

2015-06-20 Thread Ian Gilfillan
This has now been added to the documentation :) On 20/06/2015 09:46, Daniel Black wrote: Will only get used if documented: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/xtradbinnodb-server-system-variables/ + https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/server-system-variables/ - On 18 Jun, 2015, at 6:45 PM, Ja

Re: [Maria-developers] GTID: On the difference between master_use_gtid = slave_pos or current_pos

2015-07-27 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Thanks, will do. On 27/07/2015 13:50, Kristian Nielsen wrote: I was asked about the difference between master_use_gtid = slave_pos or current_pos. This comes up often, and I thought the below text, which I used to answer the question earlier, might be helpful. Ian, do you think you could incorp

Re: [Maria-developers] On the issue of Seconds_behind_master and Parallel Replication

2015-10-15 Thread Ian Gilfillan
From a user's perspective, I like the idea of introducing the change for both parallel and non-parallel in 10.1. On 15/10/2015 08:16, Kristian Nielsen wrote: It was brought to my attention an issue with parallel replication and the Seconds_Behind_Master field of SHOW SLAVE STATUS. I have a poss

Re: [Maria-developers] Virtual columns and 'mysqldump' (and similar)

2015-11-05 Thread Ian Gilfillan
06/11/2015 07:51, Peter Laursen wrote: I reported this bug report to Oracle: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=79148 It is almost the same in MariaDB - but the error message is different, see SELECT VERSION(); -- 10.1.2-MariaDB-log CREATE TABLE `vc_test`.`t1`( `id` INT NOT NULL, `id3` INT

Re: [Maria-developers] Virtual columns and 'mysqldump' (and similar)

2015-11-05 Thread Ian Gilfillan
lients would 'abort on error' and flood its log with error messages. -- Peter On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Ian Gilfillan <mailto:i...@mariadb.org>> wrote: 06/11/2015 07:51, Peter Laursen wrote: I reported this bug report to Oracle: http://bugs.my

Re: [Maria-developers] On the issue of Seconds_behind_master and Parallel Replication

2015-11-16 Thread Ian Gilfillan
On 14/11/2015 11:44, Kristian Nielsen wrote: Ian, do you have enough information from this thread that you could update the docs in the knowledgebase accordingly? Thanks, yes, I will update the documentation around the release time. ___ Mailing list:

Re: [Maria-developers] Moving from Launchpad lists to something else... ?

2015-11-25 Thread Ian Gilfillan
On 25/11/2015 15:59, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: Hello! No decision about this has yet been made. I reviewed the thread and Discourse seems to have most support. Is here 1 or even better 2 persons who would like to volunteer? Discourse looks good, but wouldn't it make more sense if self-hosting to u

[Maria-developers] Documentation for new features

2015-12-21 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Hi I quite often find out about a new feature after release, either by looking through the changelog and commits, or because someone points out it's missing from the documentation. It's time-consuming trying to keep track of every change, and I miss things (especially in non-default plugins etc),

[Maria-developers] MariaDB Developers Meetup

2016-07-01 Thread Ian Gilfillan
The MariaDB Developers Meetup will be taking place from the 6th to the 8th of October in Amsterdam. https://mariadb.org/2016-mariadb-developers-meetup/ Details of where to sign up, and where to suggest topics for the meetup are on that page. Please feel free to suggest topic you're interested i

[Maria-developers] MariaDB Developers Meetup

2016-08-10 Thread Ian Gilfillan
A reminder that the MariaDB Developers Meetup will be taking place from the 6th to the 8th of October in Amsterdam. Please feel welcome to attend, sign up on the Meetup Group, as well to propose a topic, or vote for an existing topic. Details at https://mariadb.org/2016-mariadb-developers-meet

Re: [Maria-developers] MDEV-7145

2016-10-16 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Thanks - I'm away until the 22nd, will add it the KB when I get back. On 16/10/2016 23:58, Kristian Nielsen wrote: Re: https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-7145 Delayed replication (a feature shipped in MySQL 5.6) has been a MariaDB I have now pushed this into 10.2. Ian, I have written so

Re: [Maria-developers] c4de76aeff8: MDEV-17554 Auto-create new partition for system versioned tables with history partitioned by INTERVAL/LIMIT

2021-04-12 Thread Ian Gilfillan
Responding to the portion of the thread extracted below, "INSERT, INSERT .. SELECT don't increment partitions" is not meaningless, but both "INSERT, INSERT .. SELECT don't increment the number of partitions" and "INSERT, INSERT .. SELECT don't auto-create partitions" are better. It comes down