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Monitor user to query processlist

We have a corporate monitoring system based in Zabbix. Its MySQL monitoring is quite basic, so I want to add more info. To do so, I've done a script that retrieves this info from MySQL and sends it to ...
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MySQL Start/Stop

Could anyone explain to me what happens during MySQL startup and shutdown? And i would like to know about the safe startup/shutdown process.
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How can I make this backup scheme more friendly for reporting?

Currently, we have around 50 remote servers, each with a production database. Each night, all 50 of these servers run a backup job and zips the backup. Each morning, a local server runs a job for each ...
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SQL Server 2008 R2 “Ghost Memory”?

We have a dedicated SQL Server 2008 R2 machine that is experiencing some strange memory issues.. The machine itself has plenty of resources including two quad-core processors, 16gb of RAM and 64bit ...
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Should I use table hints with a process-keyed table?

I read on stackoverflow that locking can be a problem when using process-keyed tables, and I was wondering if you had any suggestions on how to minimize or avoid unnecessary contention (e.g. table ...
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Why mysqld server service gets aborted when i start mysql client service? [closed]

I am installing mysql-5.5.7rc from source code. After installation when i start mysqld service is being run but as soon as i run mysql client service server service gets aborted.. And also ...
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Internal reason for killing process taking up long time in mysql

I copied a big table's structure with (it is an InnoDB table btw) CREATE TABLE tempTbl LIKE realTbl Then I changed an index, and filled it up so I could run some test. Filling it was done using: ...
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Unable to kill SPID

I have a SQL Server 2005 Std (x64) with SP4 that has a procedure I cannot seem to kill. If I view sys.dm_exec_requests I see SPID 103 with wait_type of LCK_M_SCH_M, a status of SUSPENDED and command ...
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Question about 'user process' in the context of Oracle

The following is an except from oracle documentation. Overview of User Processes When a user runs an application program (such as a Pro*C program) or an Oracle tool (such as Enterprise ...
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Is there a “best-practices” type process for developers to follow for database changes?

What is a good way to migrate DB changes from Development to QA to Production environments? Currently we: Script the change in a sql file and attach that to a TFS work item. The work is ...