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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

Using savepoints


Using savepoints, you can roll back to certain points in the transaction without terminating the transaction. You can use  SAVEPOINT identifier to set a name for the transaction and use the ROLLBACK TO identifier statement to roll back a transaction to the named savepoint without terminating the transaction.

How to do it...

Suppose A wants to transfer to multiple accounts; even if a transfer to one account fails, the others should not be rolled back:

mysql> BEGIN;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SELECT balance INTO @a.bal FROM account WHERE account_number='A';
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> UPDATE account SET [email protected] WHERE account_number='A';
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)
Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0

mysql> UPDATE account SET balance=balance+100 WHERE account_number='B';
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0

mysql> SAVEPOINT transfer_to_b;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0...