Robin Schumacher

Just a quick note to let you know that you can download and test the new MyISAM online backup that is part of the overall new backup utility that is shipping with MySQL 6.0.  The backup is native (not logical like a mysqldump backup) and online so you should get no interruptions in activity while the backup is running and it should be faster than logical-styled backups.  Download the preview and let the backup team know what you think.  Do keep in mind this is a preview release so you may/will find bugs.  Finally, kudos to the backup team for getting this out far ahead of the original  schedule.

I’m looking forward to getting a couple of enhancements in for MySQL stored procedures - SIGNAL and RESIGNAL - which will help greatly in the area of error handling and management.  Our dev team is working on them now and is in need of some use cases that will help ensure that they hit the mark with the implementation.  Right now the plan is to have them land in the first post-6.0 release of the MySQL Server.

Please check out the worklogs for both SIGNAL and RESIGNAL and then shoot me your thoughts on how you’d use each and any advice/instructions you’d like to give our dev team as they make progress on the tasks.  Send your comments to: rschumacher@mysql.com.  Thanks for your help!