aka Setting up DBeaver for use with Redshift. Step by step Setting up DBeaver for use with Redshift is not the most intuitive thing you’ll ever do. A common misconception is that since Redshift is (sorta) built on Postgres, then a Postgres driver is the correct choice. Alas, nope. Here is a quick how-to for setting up DBeaver correctly as possible for Redshift. Here’s the standard DBeaver opening screen Right-click on your Redshift connection and choose “Edit Connection (F4)” That will present you with ..
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This requires that metadata lock instrumentation be enabled. UPDATE performance_schema.setup_instruments SET ENABLED = ‘YES’ WHERE NAME = ‘wait/lock/metadata/sql/mdl’; Once that’s in place, you can do this: SELECT ml.object_schema, ml.object_name, p.id, p.user, p.state, ml.lock_type, ml.lock_duration, ml.lock_status, p.time, LEFT(p.info, 100) FROM performance_schema.metadata_locks ml JOIN performance_schema.threads ..
Here is the standard mysqldump syntax I always use. This dumps routines and triggers, does so in the most expeditious manner possible, and adds DROP xxxxx statements before all CREATE statements, just in case. It also adds the FORCE parameter in case it runs into issues with views. The “xxxx” at the end can be ..
Web based management interface for ProxySQL: https://proxyweb.org https://github.com/edmodo/proxyw..
MySQL 8.x not only requires that the datadir be empty when initializing, but also the directory designated as the temp directory. If the temp directory is not empty, the –initialize flag will not throw an error as it does if the datadir isn’t clean; rather, it will cause a “Data Dictionary initialization failed” message on ..
#!/usr/bin/env perl # mysqltuner.pl – Version 1.7.9 # High Performance MySQL Tuning Script # Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Major Hayden – major@mhtx.net # Inspired by Matthew Montgomery’s tuning-primer.sh script: # http://forge.mysql.com/projects/view.php?id=44 # # This version further hacked and slashed by rlbyrd off and on since 2009. package main; use 5.005; use strict; use warnings; use diagnostics; ..
— SQL snippet to calculate table fragmentation. SELECT table_schema, TABLE_NAME, ROUND(DATA_LENGTH / 1024 / 1024) AS data_length, ROUND(INDEX_LENGTH / 1024 / 1024) AS index_length, ROUND(DATA_FREE / 1024 / 1024) AS data_free, CONCAT( ROUND( ( data_free / (index_length + data_length) ) * 100 ), ‘%’ ) AS frag_ratio FROM information_schema.tables WHERE DATA_FREE > 0 AND TABLE_SCHEMA ..
Traverses all integer columns checking for capacity limits. #!/usr/bin/env perl #use 5.010; #use strict; #use warnings; # Richard L. Byrd, written sometime in the 90s and improved bit by bit over the next 20 years # # 2009-01-27: While originally written to take a configfile input on the CLI (–configfile=xxxxx.cfg) I’ve hacked # that out ..
Another useful database auditor to quickly find possible issues. Expects user and pass on command line. Currently expects to be executed on the same server as the mysqld process. #!/bin/sh # Another useful database auditor to quickly find possible issues. Expects user and pass on command line. # Currently expects to be executed on the ..
These are online, self-guided ways for developers wishing to gain more RDBMS understanding (or have a refresher course) in the two most ubiquitous platforms — MySQL and PostgreSQL. I add and remove from this list from time to time as material becomes outdated or better bits are found. Disclaimer: I didn’t have a hand in ..