Wednesday, March 27, 2019

MySQL 8.0 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - How to get the distance between two cities

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MySQL before version 5.7 had less than stellar Geographic Information Systems (GIS) support.  In version 5.7 the Boost.Geometry two dimens...
Sunday, March 10, 2019

MySQL and PHP Basics Part I

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I have had some requests to write some blogs on the basics of using PHP and MySQL together.  This will not be a series for the experienced a...
Friday, March 8, 2019

SCaLE 17x

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The Southern California Linux Expo  has a MySQL Track this year and if you are around Pasadena, you should be here.  Besides the amazing exp...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

Giving back to the Community -- ChickTech Austin

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I am doing something this weekend that is way out of my comfort zone and I want to encourage you to do something similar.  On Saturday I wi...
Thursday, February 7, 2019

Miami and Santo Domingo with MySQL Document Store

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The next two weeks are a big change for me compared to the last two weeks.  The last two weeks I was in Belgium and now I am in Miami before...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019

What the Heck is a Lateral Derived Table?

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MySQL 8.0.14 came with Lateral Derived Tables as a new feature.  But what is that and how do you use them? Let's start what a derived ...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

The MySQL Track SCaLE 17x

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The MySQL Track for the Southern California Linux Expo 17x has been published! On Friday march 9th you can learn about the MySQL Document S...