I'm trying to figure out what, if any, penalty may be associated with an INNODB table if you set the max file size far larger than the table may be expected to grow. Were Trying to avoid fragmentation ...

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MySQL AB has signed a multiyear agreement with Oracle to renew its licensing of the InnoDB database storage engine, according to a MySQL executive. The move resolves confusion in the market about the ...

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MySQL AB plans to wean itself from any dependence on rival Oracle Corp. by building a data storage engine that will work inside its open-source database and by encouraging more third-party vendors to ...

Marten Mickos, chief executive of MySQL, got a phone call last Friday with surprising news: Oracle was buying Innobase, a small Finnish company with close ties to his open-source database company.