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Are they syntactically similar? Where do these two languages differ? Why would I use one over the other?
MariaDB 10.3 is on the path of […]
In MySQL 8.0 there are two new features designed to support lock handling: NOWAIT and SKIP LOCKED. In this post, we’ll look at how MySQL 8.0 handles hot rows. Up until now, how have you handled locks that are part of an active transaction or are hot rows? It’s likely that you have the application […]
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What does Anton Ego – a fictional restaurant critic from the Pixar movie Ratatouille – have to do with MySQL 8.0 GA?
When it comes to being a software critic, a lot.
In many ways, the work of a software critic is easy. We risk very little and thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to […]
In this blog post, we’ll provide an overview of the new MySQL 8.0 RESOURCE_GROUP feature.
One great new feature introduced in MySQL 8.0 that – from my point of view – requires attention is RESOURCE_GROUP.
Short disclaimer: I want to point out that MySQL 8.0 is not GA yet, so it is possible for the MySQL 8.0 RESOURCE_GROUP […]
Join Percona’s, CEO and Co-Founder, Peter Zaitsev as he presents Why We’re Excited About MySQL 8.0 on Wednesday, January 10, 2018, at 11:00 am PST / 2:00 pm EST (UTC-8).
Experience: Basic
Tags: Developer, DBAs, Operations, Executive, MySQL
There are many great new features in MySQL 8.0, but how exactly can they help your applications? This session […]
In this post, we’ll briefly look at window functions in MySQL 8.0.
One of the major features coming to MySQL 8.0 is the support of Window functions. The detailed documentation is already available here Window functions. I wanted to take a quick look at the cases where window functions help.
Probably one the most frequent limitations in MySQL […]
In this blog post, we’ll look at a solving Sudoku using MySQL 8.0 recursive common table expression.
Vadim was recently having a little Saturday morning fun solving Sudoku using MySQL 8. The whole idea comes from SQLite, where Richard Hipp has come up with some outlandish recursive query examples — WITH clause.
The SQLite query:
Shell
WITH RECURSIVE
input(sud) […]
In my previous blog post, I talked about new general tablespaces in MySQL 8.0. Recently MySQL 8.0.3-rc was released, which includes a new data dictionary. My goal is to create one million tables in MySQL and test the performance.
Background questions
Q: Why million tables in MySQL? Is it even realistic? How does this happen?
Usually, millions of tables […]
Breakout sessions are in full swing at the Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2017. Check out what’s new in MySQL 8.0.
We’ve finished with this morning’s sessions, and this morning saw a lot of amazing open source talks. One of the most well-attended was MySQL 8.0: Major New Features given by Geir Høydalsvik, Senior Software Development Director […]
Welcome to another post in the series of Percona Live featured session blogs! In these blogs, we’ll highlight some of the session speakers that will be at this year’s Percona Live conference. We’ll also discuss how these sessions can help you improve your database environment. Make sure to read to the end to get a special Percona […]
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