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Advanced MySQL 8

By : Eric Vanier, Birju Shah, Tejaswi Malepati
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Advanced MySQL 8

By: Eric Vanier, Birju Shah, Tejaswi Malepati

Overview of this book

Advanced MySQL 8 teaches you to enhance your existing database infrastructure and build various tools to improve your enterprise applications and overall website performance. The book starts with the new and exciting MySQL 8.0 features and how to utilize them for maximum efficiency. As you make your way through the chapters, you will learn to optimize MySQL performance using indexes and advanced data query techniques for large queries. You will also discover MySQL Server 8.0 settings and work with the MySQL data dictionary to boost the performance of your database. In the concluding chapters, you will cover MySQL 8.0 Group Replication, which will enable you to create elastic, highly available, and fault-tolerant replication topologies. You will also explore backup and recovery techniques for your databases and understand important tips and tricks to help your critical data reach its full potential. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned about new MySQL 8.0 security features that allow a database administrator (DBA) to simplify user management and increase the security of their multi-user environments.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Advanced MySQL Performance Tips and Techniques

Applications of the data dictionary

In this section, we will explore and summarize the different uses of the data dictionary.

Previously, to prevent the creation and destruction of tables or databases:

  • It was necessary to enable the innodb_read_only variable for protection, which impacted only the InnoDB engine. Now, with MySQL version 8.0, all storage engines are affected.
  • One of the functionalities in MySQL 8.0 has been improved, the data dictionary tables are protected and not visible, and the INFORMATION_SCHEMA is more stable.
  • The tables of INFORMATION_SCHEMA are now connected directly to the data dictionary. This allows the optimizer to use indexes continuously live, resulting in better performance.
  • Before MySQL 8.0, we could use mysqldump and do a MySQL export scheme. This will now not be possible and the export action will be only on schemas and tables, and not systems...