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MySQL 8 Administrator???s Guide

By : Chintan Mehta, Ankit K Bhavsar, Hetal Oza, Subhash Shah
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MySQL 8 Administrator???s Guide

By: Chintan Mehta, Ankit K Bhavsar, Hetal Oza, Subhash Shah

Overview of this book

MySQL is one of the most popular and widely used relational databases in the world today. The recently released version 8.0 brings along some major advancements in the way your MySQL solution can be administered. This handbook will be your companion to understand the newly introduced features in MySQL and show you how you can leverage them to design a high-performance MySQL solution for your organization. This book starts with a brief introduction to the new features in MySQL 8, and then quickly jumping onto the crucial administration topics that you will find useful in your day-to-day work. Topics such as migrating to MySQL 8, MySQL benchmarking, achieving high performance by implementing the indexing techniques, and optimizing your queries are covered in this book. You will also learn how to perform replication, scale your MySQL solution and implement effective security techniques. There is also a special section on the common and not so common troubleshooting techniques for effective MySQL administration is also covered in this book. By the end of this highly practical book, you will have all the knowledge you need to tackle any problem you might encounter while administering your MySQL solution.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Summary

It was an interesting chapter with important content to learn, right? In this chapter, we understood the significance of data types in MySQL. We saw different categories in which MySQL data types are classified. We learned and understood the characteristics and specifications of each data type in depth. We also learned MySQL data manipulation functions and understood some of the MySQL settings and modes. In the later section of the chapter, we learned storage requirements of data types. Finally, we learned general guidelines for choosing the right data types.

Moving on to next chapter, we will learn MySQL database management. The chapter will focus on server administration, understanding the basic building blocks of the MySQL server, such as the data dictionary, system database, and so on. The chapter will explain how we can run multiple server instances on a single machine...