Databases

Open source RDBMSs are rolling roughshod over the over-priced commercial giants, appearing everywhere from small businesses to Fortune 50 companies. You'll learn essential techniques and advanced tips from the people who built MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and Berkeley DB.

Monday Morning July 24, 2006

Maximum Velocity MySQL
Jay Pipes, Community Relations Manager, North America, MySQL AB
Time: 8:30AM - 12:00PM
Location: Portland 255
 Track:  Databases

MySQL 5.1 In-Depth
Brian Aker, Director of Architecture, MySQL AB
Time: 1:30PM - 5:00PM
Location: D136
 Track:  Databases

Tuesday Morning July 25, 2006

Introduction to PostgreSQL
A. Elein Mustain, Managing Director, Varlena, LLC
Time: 8:30AM - 12:00PM
Location: D135
 Track:  Databases

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Big Bad PostgreSQL: A Case Study
Theo Schlossnagle, Chief Technology Officer, OmniTI Computer Consulting, Inc.
Time: 10:45AM - 11:30AM
Location: Portland 252
 Track:  Databases

Extending MySQL Made Easy: Plugin API
Sergei Golubchik, Senior Software Developer, MySQL AB
Time: 11:35AM - 12:20PM
Location: Portland 252
 Track:  Databases

Embedding a Database in The Browser
David Van Couvering, Senior Staff Software Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Time: 11:35AM - 12:20PM
Location: D139-140
 Track:  Databases

Building "Sane" Query Interfaces to Databases
Mark Newsome, Software Architect, HP
Time: 1:45PM - 2:30PM
Location: Portland 252
 Track:  Databases

Developing Berkeley DB Java Edition: Internals and War Stories
Charles Lamb, Architect, Oracle
Time: 2:35PM - 3:20PM
Location: Portland 252
 Track:  Databases

So You've Inherited a MySQL Instance on Unix
Sheeri Kritzer, Database Administrator, Online Buddies, Inc.
Time: 4:30PM - 5:15PM
Location: D133
 Track:  Databases

Thursday, July 27, 2006

How Database Engines Work
D. Richard Hipp, Founder, Hipp, Wyrick & Company, Inc.
Time: 10:45AM - 11:30AM
Location: Portland 252
 Track:  Databases

TimeTravel Tables in PostgreSQL
A. Elein Mustain, Managing Director, Varlena, LLC
Time: 11:35AM - 12:20PM
Location: Portland 252
 Track:  Databases

SQL Outer Joins for Fun and Profit
Bill Karwin, Product Engineering Manager, Zend Technologies
Time: 1:45PM - 2:30PM
Location: Portland 252
 Track:  Databases

Eight Steps to Fix Your Database Performance Problem
Christopher Browne, Database Administrator, Afilias Canada
Time: 2:35PM - 3:20PM
Location: Portland 252
 Track:  Databases

The Future of MySQL Replication
Lars Thalmann, Technical Lead, Replication and Clustering Technology, MySQL
Time: 4:30PM - 5:15PM
Location: Portland 252
 Track:  Databases

Concurrency Control in Relational Databases
Arjen Lentz, Community Relations Manager, MySQL AB
Time: 5:20PM - 6:05PM
Location: Portland 252
 Track:  Databases

Friday, July 28, 2006

Object-oriented Database Design
David Wheeler, CTO, Values of n
Time: 10:45AM - 11:30AM
Location: Portland 252
 Track:  Databases