On the 1st December, 2004, MySQL AB released a new version of MySQL Administrator version 1.0.17. I thought I would see how it shapes up. Since we use PHP as a scripting language, we have always used phpMyAdmin, but the web interface can be frustratingly slow.
MySQL Administrator is installed on your client, and so it responds quickly. It can be installed on a Linux machine with a graphical desktop, or Windows NT, 2000, XP, or 2003 only. This month I give a quick tour, see how you could use it and highlght some of the places where you can find useful data to help optimize your databases.
Features
Once installed, open MySQL Administrator and it will ask for a connection. Enter your login details the server can be remote or local - connecting remotely disables some of the features though many will not be running GTK on their lean and mean database servers so local installation may not be an option).
Your server connection can be saved under Tools/ave current connection. Once connected and you can connect to multiple servers at the same time navigation is simple - there is a sidebar with various main sections, and options within these. These are the sidebar options.
Server Information : High-level overview with information about the user, host, port, MySQL client and server versions, and general client and server information.
Service Control: Only available when you are connecting to a database server on the local host, this allows you to start and stop the MySQL server, and configure the MySQL service (on Windows).
Startup Variables : Also only available when connected to localhost, this allows you to set startup variables for the MySQL server.
User Administration : An easier way to administer privileges, you can fully control user access to the MySQL server in this section.
Server Connections : Useful when the server is taking strain, here you can list the threads, as well as see how many instances of each user is connected to the server. You can also kill individual threads or all connections from a user.
Health : In-depth data about your connections, memory usage, status variables and system variables.
Server Logs : If connected to localhost, you can view entries from the error, slow and general logs
Replication Status : View information about replicated slaves and masters.
Backup : Backup, or schedule backups
Restore : Restore backed up databases.
Catalogs : Information about databases, as well as the ability to create and edit tables and perform routine maintenancesuch as optimizing and checking.
More Information can be found at : http://www.mysql.com/products/administrator/ (Product Home Page)
This article on MySQL Administrator is a must for all Web Programming geeks out there. This shows the power and control which you can have upon MySQL DB.
MySQL Administrator is installed on your client, and so it responds quickly. It can be installed on a Linux machine with a graphical desktop, or Windows NT, 2000, XP, or 2003 only. This month I give a quick tour, see how you could use it and highlght some of the places where you can find useful data to help optimize your databases.
Features
Once installed, open MySQL Administrator and it will ask for a connection. Enter your login details the server can be remote or local - connecting remotely disables some of the features though many will not be running GTK on their lean and mean database servers so local installation may not be an option).
Your server connection can be saved under Tools/ave current connection. Once connected and you can connect to multiple servers at the same time navigation is simple - there is a sidebar with various main sections, and options within these. These are the sidebar options.
Server Information : High-level overview with information about the user, host, port, MySQL client and server versions, and general client and server information.
Service Control: Only available when you are connecting to a database server on the local host, this allows you to start and stop the MySQL server, and configure the MySQL service (on Windows).
Startup Variables : Also only available when connected to localhost, this allows you to set startup variables for the MySQL server.
User Administration : An easier way to administer privileges, you can fully control user access to the MySQL server in this section.
Server Connections : Useful when the server is taking strain, here you can list the threads, as well as see how many instances of each user is connected to the server. You can also kill individual threads or all connections from a user.
Health : In-depth data about your connections, memory usage, status variables and system variables.
Server Logs : If connected to localhost, you can view entries from the error, slow and general logs
Replication Status : View information about replicated slaves and masters.
Backup : Backup, or schedule backups
Restore : Restore backed up databases.
Catalogs : Information about databases, as well as the ability to create and edit tables and perform routine maintenancesuch as optimizing and checking.
More Information can be found at : http://www.mysql.com/products/administrator/ (Product Home Page)
This article on MySQL Administrator is a must for all Web Programming geeks out there. This shows the power and control which you can have upon MySQL DB.
