Comments on: Databases and Web Applications

By: Dean J. Garrett

Dean J. Garrett — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:20:24 +0000

I used a web-hosted database service for a client project last year and it worked out very well because it didn’t require any database software to buy or install. All the interfaces were simple HTML. Of course my client’s requirements were pretty simple, to publish a growing list of coffeehouses. But if that’s all you need, a software-as-a-service offering is pretty good. Check out: http://www.HostedDatabase.com

By: Axel Hecht

Axel Hecht — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:18:12 +0000

When surfing around on django stuff, I came across http://softwaremaniacs.org/soft/mysql_cluster/en/. Did anyone have a look at that? Does it do the good job well?

Or at least better than nothing or writing sql by hand? Which is something I kinda try not to.

By: Mark Smith

Mark Smith — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:59:13 +0000

Colin – yeah! That’s one thing I am really hoping to use MySQL Proxy, Proximo, dormando’s Proxy for MySQL, etc for. But each of them seems to have its own set of particular issues.

LpSolit – the shadow database stuff in 3.0.x? That only sends search queries to the slave, it doesn’t actually send page view traffic. It should send all of that to the slaves!

By: LpSolit

LpSolit — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:58:27 +0000

Bugzilla already knows how to use DB slaves for years. \o/

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:37:49 +0000

Interestingly, this is something I’ve just been considering at work with Wordpress and SimpleMachines Forums as all the traffic from that hits our Master DB, with no way to offload it to the slave.

However, for someone who doesn’t necessarily have the time to rewrite the entire application, it’s not always easy to make the changes required to get it working