How to write efficient archiving and purging jobs in SQL
Sometimes it’s a terrible idea to do set-based operations in SQL. There are real-world constraints, especially in heavily used OLTP or large databases, that require doing things a tiny bit at a time....
View ArticleArchive strategies for OLTP servers, Part 1
In May 2005, I wrote a widely-referenced article about how to efficiently archive and/or purge data from online transaction processing (OLTP) database servers. That article focused on how to write...
View ArticleArchive strategies for OLTP servers, Part 2
In the first article in this series on archiving strategies for online transaction processing (OLTP) database servers, I covered some basics: why to archive, and what to consider when gathering...
View ArticleArchive strategies for OLTP servers, Part 3
In the first two articles in this series, I discussed archiving basics, relationships and dependencies, and specific archiving techniques for online transaction processing (OLTP) database servers. This...
View ArticleMySQL Archiver can now archive each row to a different table
One of the enhancements I added to MySQL Archiver in the recent release was listed innocently in the changelog as “Destination plugins can now rewrite the INSERT statement.” Not very exciting or...
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