Third Party Resources

last updated on 2008-11-13

Here are links to some third party resources* for MySQL.

• Blogs and web sites:

  • Carsten's Random Ramblings, a blog that contains entertaining and informative MySQL tips, such as MySQL pop quizzes, MySQL function of the day, and books worth reading

  • New Matt Reid's blog, which provides MySQL info such as SQL commands for a fresh install and Battling XHTML :: Storing UTF-8 data in MySQL

  • New relationalnews.com, a news resource for administrators and developers of relational database management systems

  • New Creating and configuring a MySQL DataSource in GlassFish Application Server on Albin Joseph's blog

  • New When pet projects bite back!, a blog that provides tips for MySQL database development, such as Using Business Rules in MySQL, Storing Conditions, Decision Tables and Your Database, and the follow-on Decisions in Your Tables

  • New MySQL Magazine, which provides blogs such as Overview of Transaction Logging in MySQL and Tip of the Day

  • New Creating MySQL Backups With AutoMySQLBackup on HowtoForge.com

  • Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) and MySQL resources:

    • Solaris 10 package for pam_mysql blog, which provides a link to download a compiled pam-mysql package for systems that run the Solaris 10 OS for x86 platforms
    • PAM-MySQL site, where you can download the source code for a PAM module that allows authentication against MySQL

• Tools:

  • New Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL, an open source backup and recovery solution for MySQL server

  • New The phpMyAdmin Project, a browser-based MySQL management tool written in PHP and intended for the administration of MySQL over the Web

  • New A toolkit of scripts called the Monolith Toolkit, on Matt Reid's web site