{"id":1193,"date":"2008-12-05T07:55:48","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T12:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2008-12-05T06:57:18","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T11:57:18","slug":"mysql-51-is-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/12\/05\/mysql-51-is-released","title":{"rendered":"MySQL 5.1 is released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a lot of hoopla with regards to the GA release of <a href=\"http:\/\/dev.mysql.com\/downloads\/mysql\/5.1.html\">MySQL 5.1<\/a>. I&#8217;ve been using it on and off for quite a number of things, and during all my demonstrations, I make extensive use of it.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/3074211148\/\" title=\"MySQL 5.1 by byte, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3205\/3074211148_b299a8203e.jpg?resize=500%2C223\" width=\"500\" height=\"223\" alt=\"MySQL 5.1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>My advice?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Test it. If something&#8217;s not right, report a <a href=\"http:\/\/bugs.mysql.com\/\">bug<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See your fix, probably go into 5.1.31 or 5.1.32<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The 5.1.31 tree is already quite busy. It can only be even better, with more extensive testing. And if history shows anything, people tend to only start using things when they&#8217;re GA (not even RC). A point of note: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.mysql.com\/kaj\/2008\/12\/01\/mysql-51-release-schedule\/\">MySQL 5.1 release schedule<\/a> &#8211; please read it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20MySQL%205.1%20is%20released&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2F05%2Fmysql-51-is-released&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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