Chris Tate-Davies

An archive of helpful tit bits of information for development, and probably some stuff that is incomplete, wrong or boring…

Reading the MySQL binary log

Having MySQL dumping out binary logs is a very good failsafe for backup redundancy. But, how do you get any of the information out of them? If you know a time span that you need to investigate, then you can easily use the mysqlbinlog utility: mysqlbinlog –start-datetime=”2010-07-27 14:30:00″ –stop-datetime=”2010-07-27 15:00:00″ > backup.txt This will export [...]

MySQL Incorrect String value “x/80″

MySQL Incorrect String value replication error. We use ANT for releasing versions of our PHP applications. Its very smart and takes a lot of the problems related to releases out of the equation. However, everytime we performed a release, our replication server would break, and I’d have to skip a load of database delta error [...]

MySQL Replication Guide

  I have had to install a few instances of MySQL replication, and its never as simple as you expect it to be. However, I have written a simple HOWTO  to help you along if you need it. Chapter 1 – Setting up the servers. The Master The master server is the main server you [...]

  • Chris Tate-Davies

    Hello there. This is my little "repository" on the world wide web. Its for nothing more than documenting things that I might need again in the future. You could describe it as an extension to my memory.

    Also an online collaboration of my thoughts through the day. I'll try to keep the real random stuff out and keep the blog on course.

    Thanks for stopping by... Hope you find what you're looking for...

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