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MySQL 8 Cookbook

By : Karthik Appigatla
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MySQL 8 Cookbook

By: Karthik Appigatla

Overview of this book

MySQL is one of the most popular and widely used relational databases in the World today. The recently released MySQL 8 version promises to be better and more efficient than ever before. This book contains everything you need to know to be the go-to person in your organization when it comes to MySQL. Starting with a quick installation and configuration of your MySQL instance, the book quickly jumps into the querying aspects of MySQL. It shows you the newest improvements in MySQL 8 and gives you hands-on experience in managing high-transaction and real-time datasets. If you've already worked with MySQL before and are looking to migrate your application to MySQL 8, this book will also show you how to do that. The book also contains recipes on efficient MySQL administration, with tips on effective user management, data recovery, security, database monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and more. With quick solutions to common and not-so-common problems you might encounter while working with MySQL 8, the book contains practical tips and tricks to give you the edge over others in designing, developing, and administering your database effectively.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Indexing for JSON using generated columns


JSON columns cannot be indexed directly. So if you want to use an index on a JSON column, you can extract the information using virtual columns and a created index on the virtual column.

How to do it...

  1. Consider the emp_details table that you created in Chapter 3, Using MySQL (Advanced)Using JSON section:
mysql> SHOW CREATE TABLE emp_details\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
       Table: emp_details
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `emp_details` (
  `emp_no` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `details` json DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`emp_no`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
  1. Insert a few dummy records:
mysql> INSERT IGNORE INTO emp_details(emp_no, details) VALUES 
     ('1', '{ "location": "IN", "phone": "+11800000000", "email": "[email protected]", "address": { "line1": "abc", "line2": "xyz street", "city": "Bangalore", "pin": "560103"}}'),
     ('2', '{ "location": "IN", "phone": "+11800000000", "email...