When MySQL 5.5 switched its underlying storage engine MyISAM to another, InnoDB, it drew questions and created some confusion about the foundation of this database. Certainly, the choice of a storage ...

Marten Mickos, chief executive of MySQL, got a phone call last Friday with surprising news: Oracle was buying Innobase, a small Finnish company with close ties to his open-source database company.

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We have two python processes using SQLAlchemy to communicate with a MySQL database using InnoDB tables.<BR><BR>However, the changes made to the database (such as an INSERT) are not seen by the other ...

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Oracle's purchase of a company with close ties to open-source rival MySQL has people wondering what the database giant's motives are. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting ...