What is a Database Proxy?
A proxy is a server software, typically installed in a separate machine, that forwards requests to servers on behalf of clients. When the p...
MariaDB replication demo
Database replication is a process that copies data from one database (primary) to another (replica). This process can happen as data is inse...
Building a Kubernetes cluster on Raspberry Pi (with automation)
Some months ago, I was lucky enough to get a bunch of Raspberry Pi minicomputers from MariaDB Corporation . My idea was to build a Linux cl...
How to start a web server using Java
Do you want to start a basic HTTP server to serve the files in a directory on your machine using Java? If so, here's how. Available sinc...
What is JPA?
JPA stands for Jakarta Persistence API (previously, Java Persistence API). It's an API specification for database connectivity in Java a...
What is a database connection pool?
A database connection pool stores ready-to-use database connections that threads can borrow when they need them, and return when they fin...
How to execute SQL queries from Java (and prevent SQL injections)
You need a Connection object. See the previous post to learn how to get one. With this object, simply build a new PreparedStatement , set ...
How to open and close JDBC connections
Get a JDBC driver for your database. For example, in the case of MariaDB databases, you can add the following to the pom.xml file (or down...
New YouTube channel on Programming (mostly Java)
Recently, I joined MariaDB Corporation as a Developer Advocate. My job is to help software developers by creating useful content and enabli...
I'm joining MariaDB!
Some weeks ago I decided to accept a position as a Developer Advocate at MariaDB Corporation . As one of the public faces in the Vaadin com...
Testing MariaDB ColumnStore performance
MariaDB 's ColumnStore is an engine that stores data in a columnar fashion. Although it shines in distributed architectures where you h...
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