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This post is the fourth in a series that will demonstrate how to view and manage MySQL HeatWave instances in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Oracle offers several SDKs that can be used to view and manage resources in OCI. In this post, we will discuss how to leverage the TypeScript/JavaScript SDK to retrieve a list of MySQL HeatWave backups for a given compartment and how to narrow that list down to show only backups for a specific instance.

Feb 26, 2024
6 minutes

This post is the third in a series that will demonstrate how to view and manage MySQL HeatWave instances in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Oracle offers several SDKs that can be used to view and manage resources in OCI. In this post, we will discuss how to leverage the TypeScript/JavaScript SDK to use waiters to asynchronously handle when MySQL HeatWave instance reaches a given lifecycle state.

Feb 19, 2024
6 minutes

This post is the second in a series that will demonstrate how to view and manage MySQL HeatWave instances in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Oracle offers several SDKs that can be used to view and manage resources in OCI. In this post, we will discuss how to leverage the TypeScript/JavaScript SDK to retrieve information about a single MySQL HeatWave instance and how we can start and stop the instance programmatically.

Feb 16, 2024
8 minutes

This post is the first in a series that will demonstrate how to view and manage MySQL HeatWave instances in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Oracle offers several SDKs that can be used to view and manage resources in OCI. In this post, we will discuss how to leverage the TypeScript/JavaScript SDK to retrieve a list of MySQL HeatWave instances for a given compartment.

Feb 14, 2024
7 minutes

Over the years, I have become obsessed with writing code tests. One big pain point with writing tests is testing code that interacts with a database. In this post, we will talk about some of the difficulties encountered when writing tests for database interaction and how we can use Testcontainers to mitigate those issues.

Dec 17, 2023
13 minutes

There are very few absolutes in software development. One of these would be “NEVER trust user input”. You should never run a database query involving user input without validating, sanitizing, and parameterizing the user-provided values. If you neglect to handle user input correctly, specifically parameterizing the data, your application will be vulnerable to attack from nefarious people. In this post, we will discuss how to parameterize user input in a Node.js application and how to use the SQL Template Tag module to make the process easier.

Dec 12, 2023
10 minutes

In a previous post, I showed how you can install MySQL on a Raspberry Pi. In this post, I will show how to capture GPS data and store that data as JSON in MySQL Document Store.

Dec 09, 2023
13 minutes

A while back, I wondered if it was possible to run MySQL on a Raspberry Pi. Not only is it possible, but it is not as complicated as I expected. Read on to find out how.

Dec 07, 2023
6 minutes

In a previous post, I talked about how we can leverage GitHub Actions to automate running tests whenever a commit is made to a specific branch of a GitHub repository. In this post, we will discuss one way we can harness GitHub Actions to apply database migration scripts to a MySQL HeatWave Database Service instance running in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

Dec 03, 2023
7 minutes

Recently, I have been talking about how to write and run tests for Node.js code that interacts with a MySQL database. These posts have included details on how to use third-party libraries such as Testcontainers to run the tests in a clean database and Knex to manage database changes. Today, I will discuss how to automate running these tests using GitHub Actions when code is pushed to a repository.

Oct 04, 2023
9 minutes