Another MySQL Connector/C++ Webinar on July 9th

On May 20th, Ulf Wendel and Andrey Hristov from the MySQL Connectors development team delivered a webinar around MySQL Connector/C++. We have another Connector/C++ webinar scheduled for July 9th (Thursday) at 10:00 AM PT. This time, I will be talking about the Connector/C++ driver for about 40 minutes. I am not involved with the development of Connector/C++ in any way. However I have been playing with, and evangelizing this driver for the past few months - so in a way I'm qualified to talk about the driver and its features. As of now, I have the following topics in the agenda.

* What is MySQL Connector/C++?
* High Level Architecture
* Installation, Dependencies
* Implemented Classes
    * Driver, Connection
    * Statement, PreparedStatement
    * ResultSet
    * ResultSetMetaData, ParameterMetaData, DatabaseMetaData
    * Savepoint
* Transactions
* Stored Procedures
* Exceptions
* Debug Tracing

It is free for all the registered users. If interested, please check the following web page for the registration and for the WebEx access details.
    Getting the Most Out of the New MySQL Connector/C++

[Updated 07/10/2009]
Presentation material from the Webinar: Let's Explore MySQL Connector/C++
Check the "Developing Database Applications Using MySQL Connector/C++" white paper in pdf or HTML format.

Posted at 01:49AM Jul 06, 2009 by Giri Mandalika in MySQL  |  Comments[0]

Invitation to a Free MySQL Connector /C++ Webinar

This Wednesday (May 20, 2009) Andrey Hristov and Ulf Wendel from the MySQL Connector development team are going to talk about the MySQL Connector for C++ at 10:00 AM PT. Andrey and Ulf are planning to talk about the architecture, API, portability, support for: buffered/unbuffered result sets, prepared statements, stored procedures; and the planned features for Connector/C++ 1.0.6 GA.

Plan to attend if you are a C++ developer working [or planning to work] on MySQL database applications. Anyone can attend this webinar for free, and it may last for about 45 minutes. Register at the following location to receive further instructions on how to join the web conference:

        Register for the new MySQL Connector/C++ webinar

Posted at 12:07AM May 19, 2009 by Giri Mandalika in MySQL  |  Comments[2]

Developing MySQL Database Applications With PHP

A four part tutorial that explains the PHP / MySQL extensions - mysql, mysqli, and pdo_mysql - with simple examples is now accessible from Sun Developer Network. While most of the information presented in the tutorial is available elsewhere in bits and pieces, the real value-add is in the introduction of the MySQL native driver for PHP, mysqlnd.

Here is a brief description of all four parts in the series. Check them out, and as always feel free to send the corrections, comments, suggestions, etc., to my Sun mail ID: Giri.Mandalika@Sun.COM

• Part 1: Using the MySQL Improved Extension, mysqli -- describes mysqli, the MySQL Improved Extension that is the successor to the mysql extension

• Part 2: Using the MySQL Extension, mysql -- describes the original extension designed to develop PHP applications that interact with a MySQL database

• Part 3: Using the PDO Extension With MySQL Driver, pdo_mysql -- describes the pdo_mysql driver, which implements the PHP Data Objects (PDO) interface to access the MySQL Server from PHP

• Part 4: Using the MySQL Native Driver for PHP, mysqlnd -- describes the MySQL native driver for PHP, mysqlnd, which is an alternative to the MySQL client library, libmysql, for connecting from PHP 5 and PHP 6 to MySQL Server 4.1 or later

Application developers who are new to the development of MySQL database applications with PHP are the target audience of this tutorial.

Posted at 12:44AM Apr 24, 2009 by Giri Mandalika in MySQL  |  Comments[1]

Exploring the Features of MySQL Connector/C++

With the introduction of MySQL Connector/C++, now C++ application developers have one additional option to choose from, to connect to MySQL Server 5.1 or later from a C++ application. Admittedly, as of today, there isn't enough documentation with examples to show the capabilities [and gotchas] of MySQL Connector/C++. I tried to fill that gap with the technical article, Developing Database Applications Using MySQL Connector/C++. Hopefully it serves as a starting point for the C++ developers while waiting for the MySQL Connectors documentation team to publish the official documentation on MySQL Developer Zone.

While you are at it, don't forget to check the supplement document, Installing MySQL Connector/C++ from Source, in case if you want to build the driver on your own from the source code.

Feel free to send the corrections, comments, suggestions, etc., to my e-mail ID: Giri.Mandalika@Sun.COM

Posted at 09:01PM Apr 15, 2009 by Giri Mandalika in MySQL  |  Comments[0]

Accessing MySQL Database(s) with JDBC

A new technical article entitled "Using the MySQL Connector/J JDBC Driver With the Java SE Platform", has been posted on java.sun.com at:

        http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/mysql_java/index.html

This article explains the essential steps involved in accessing/manipulating the data in a MySQL database from a Java application. MySQL Connector/J JDBC driver was used in the example code to show the database connectivity, data manipulation steps. Application developers who are new to Java programming language [but not to MySQL database] are the target audience of this article.

Stay tuned for the next article in this series "Using MySQL with PHP" ..

Posted at 10:54PM Feb 26, 2009 by Giri Mandalika in MySQL  |  Comments[0]