Archive for September, 2006
26/09/2006 at 3:58 pm · Filed under Crikey! It's Internet.
First it was RedHat, now it’s mySQL. It’s no longer free. If you want updates, you now need to pay.
Here is a quote from Kaj Arnö’s blog (mySQL):
Keeping older versions alive for a long time is appreciated by our community and our customers alike. However, we are no longer in a position to maintain our older versions without remuneration. This means that those wishing to enjoy MySQL’s support in their usage of MySQL 3.23 and MySQL 4.0 need to plan for their future, as our support of these releases will be limited to those covered by a MySQL Network subscription, starting in 1 Aug 2006 (for MySQL 3.23) and 1 Oct 2006 (for MySQL 4.0).
The good news is that v. 4.1.x is still free until EOL.
Here is another link covering the story.
22/09/2006 at 12:23 pm · Filed under Crikey! It's Internet.
Keeping Fast Hit servers up to date with the latest hotfixes sometimes creates more problems. There’s been a few reports that after the latest update, people get errors connecting to their mySQL databases. The exact error message is
Error Executing Database Query.
Communication link failure: Unknown command
Digging a bit deeper into the issue we found that Connector J drivers that come with CFMX 7 have known bugs/issues relating to the use of certain MySQL syntax.
A solution is (as outlined in this CF TechNote) to download and use the latest JDBC drivers for DSN connections with mySQL databases. If you’re with Fast Hit and experiencing similar difficulties, just contact support.
14/09/2006 at 10:59 am · Filed under New Things at Fast Hit
In order to improve network accessibility, we moved one of our DNS servers and backup mail server to Brisbane. This is a seamless change that doesn’t require any changes in web hosting account settings (as the DNS servers are referenced by the hostname and not the IP).
So, currently Fast Hit has 3 DNS servers:
- host-dns1 in Brisbane
- host-dns2 in Perth
- host-dns3 in Dallas, USA.