MySQL HeatWave is the only fully managed MySQL database service that combines transactions, analytics, machine learning, and GenAI services, without ETL duplication. It also includes MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse, allowing users to query data stored in object storage, MySQL databases, or a combination of both. Users can deploy MySQL HeatWave–powered apps on a choice of public clouds: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Microsoft […]

Database Management on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) continues to evolve, enabling MySQL users to gain deeper visibility and manage their HeatWave and on-premises (External) MySQL DB systems. In our previous blogs, we introduced how Database Management supports monitoring for both HeatWave and External MySQL DB systems.  We’re now expanding its capabilities with a new set of […]

We’re thrilled to announce the general availability of the HeatWave REST Service – a powerful, fully managed cloud service that lets you instantly create RESTful API endpoints directly from your HeatWave MySQL databases, without writing a single line of backend code. HeatWave REST Service Highlights     Why We Built the HeatWave REST Service Modern development stacks are […]

This article explains the version support policy for HeatWave MySQL, covering lifecycle management aspects such as version availability, updates, and end-of-support timelines. Understanding this policy helps customers keep their applications secure, optimized, and up to date with the latest MySQL advancements while ensuring smooth transitions between versions. MySQL 8.0 will reach End-Of-Life (EOL) in April 2026. […]

1. Preface This blog begins by introducing the current state of systemd notifications in MySQL. It then delves into how systemd notifications can be used and how they differ from other MySQL monitoring utilities like Error log, General log, etc. This blog then discusses new granular notifications added in server initialization, startup and shutdown flows, followed […]

MySQL’s first Innovation Release is out, 8.1.0, and with it, we’re introducing MySQL InnoDB Cluster Read Replicas.  The main purpose of secondaries on MySQL InnoDB Cluster is to be ready to take over when a primary member has failed (High Availability). This is done using MySQL Group Replication. Another commonly used purpose for the secondaries is […]

  For Official MySQL Release Policy    https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/en/mysql-releases.html      At Oracle, we constantly look for ways to improve our products to better fit your needs. We are excited to introduce MySQL Innovation and Long-Term Supported releases, which is an important improvement in the MySQL versioning model. The patch releases of MySQL 5.7 and previous […]

On April 18 2023, MySQL Server 8.0.33 was released. It is the latest release of our MySQL 8.0 General Availability Release. The new release introduces a few new features alongside with some deprecations, as well as bugfixes and security fixes. New MySQL Enterprise Edition Data Masking Component MySQL Enterprise Edition now provides data masking and de-identification capabilities […]

MySQL Shell 8.0.33 was released last week. Apart from several bugfixes, there are some new, important, and long-desired features related to security, concurrency control, and performance settings. Passwordless authentication (certificate-based authentication) The AdminAPI enables an easy set-up and maintenance of MySQL deployments, either for High Availability or Disaster Recovery. Security is crucial and InnoDB Cluster has support for […]

MySQL Shell 8.0.32 was released last week and includes several bugfixes as well as some new features. Let's look into what was added in this new release. New Features $ cat ~/.my.cnf [client] user=root host=lefred password=lefreptwasswort $ mysqlsh MySQL Shell 8.0.32-commercial Copyright (c) 2016, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. Oracle is a registered trademark of […]