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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

Getting information about databases and tables


You might have already noticed an information_schema database in the list of databases. information_schema is a collection of views that consist of metadata about all the database objects. You can connect to information_schema and explore all the tables. The most widely-used tables are explained in this chapter. You either query the information_schema tables or use the SHOW command, which essentially does the same.

INFORMATION_SCHEMA queries are implemented as views over the data dictionary tables. There are two types of metadata in the INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables:

  • Static table metadata: TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME, TABLE_TYPE, and ENGINE. These statistics will be read directly from the data dictionary.
  • Dynamic table metadata: AUTO_INCREMENT, AVG_ROW_LENGTH, and DATA_FREE. Dynamic metadata frequently changes (for example, the AUTO_INCREMENT value will advance after each INSERT). In many cases, the dynamic metadata will also incur some cost to accurately...