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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

Analyzing slow queries using pt-query-digest


pt-query-digest, which is part of the Percona Toolkit, is used for analyzing queries. The queries can be collected through any of the following:

  • Slow query log
  • General query log
  • Process list
  • Binary log
  • TCP dump

Installation of the Percona Toolkit is covered in Chapter 10Table Maintenance, Installing Percona Toolkit section. In this section, you will learn how to use pt-query-digest. There are drawbacks for each method. The slow query log does not include all queries unless you specify long_query_time as 0, which drastically slows down a system. The general query log does not include query time. You cannot get complete queries from the process list. Only writes can be analyzed using binary log and using TCP dump causes server degradation. Usually, this tool is used on the slow query log with a long_query_time of 1 second or higher.

How to do it...

Let's get into the details of analyzing slow queries using pt-query-digest.

Slow query log

Enabling and configuring...