[GRLUG] meeting

[Al Tobey]

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On 6/2/06, Justin Denick <justin.denick at gmail.com> wrote:
> How can I RSVP?
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> On 5/30/06, Al Tobey <tobert at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am doing a 45-60min presentation on setting up MySQL + DBD::mysql at
> > Grand Rapids Perl Mongers on the last Friday of July.    We meet at
> > the Priority Health Conference Center on the corner of Leonard and
> > East Beltline.    All GRLUG people are welcome, of course.   No charge
> > and lunch is provided (if you RSVP).
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> > I'll probably use a fresh server install of Ubuntu and MySQL 5.0 but
> > do DBD::mysql straight off CPAN for demonstration purposes.
> >
> > http://grand-rapids.pm.org/
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> > -Al Tobey
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> > On 5/29/06, Szymon Machajewski <SMachaje at grcc.edu> wrote:
> > > I appreciate the discussion of databases and maybe we should continue
> > > this as one of the meeting agenda items.
> > >
> > > I wouldn't mind adding a MySQL topic to the presentations for a future
> > > meeting.   Maybe backup techniques, 5.0 upgrade etc.
> > >
> > > If MS Access is part of the discussion it makes sens to also add the
> > > OpenOffice Base desktop database.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Szymon Machajewski
> > >
> > > Solutions Engineer / DBA
> > > Red Hat Certified Engineer
> > > Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
> > > www.grcc.edu/smachaje
> > >
> > >
> > > >>> billl at mtd-inc.com 5/28/2006 2:03:37 pm >>>
> > > Yeah, I know MySQL can handle some big tasks, my statement was more
> > > about manageability.
> > > If your a small shop with one guy doing everything your gonna use what
> > >
> > > is easy to implement and/or cheap.
> > > With our DB needs mostly being met by Access 2003, the only need for a
> > >
> > > DB server is to support eGroupware.
> > > I think it's actually a pretty good statement about MySQL, that the
> > > one-man-IT-dept. can use it and call it easy, and Wikipedia can use it
> > >
> > > to handle 8.4Gb. The truth be told, I wouldn't shy away from MySQL if
> > > our needs grow to require a business critical DB backend. I would
> > > definetely make sure I had good support for it though, but that goes
> > > for
> > > anything.
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
> > > Tim Schmidt wrote:
> > > > Damn.  Forgot the link:
> > > http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesDatabaseSize.htm
> > > >
> > > > On 5/27/06, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> On 5/26/06, Bill Littlejohn < billl at mtd-inc.com> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> We're not big enough to use Oracle, or in fact any DBS bigger than
> > > MSDE
> > > >>> or MySQL.
> > > >>>
> > > >> So...  nothing bigger than the 8.4Gb Wikipedia is managing?
> > > >>
> > > >> Good to know.
> > > >>
> > > >> :)
> > > >>
> > > >> --tim
> > > >>
> > > >>
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