If you want to set up a MySQL database to store data for websites, blogs, or applications, you can use a Docker container. It’s relatively simple to do. And like shuffling a deck of cards, reversing a string in Python, or writing a recursive function, it’s a suitable exercise for beginners just starting out with MySQL and backend web development.

Let’s take a look at exactly what a Docker container is, and how you can use it to set up MySQL.

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What Is a Docker Container?

A Docker container is a self-contained software development environment that includes all of the necessary …

In SQL, the WHERE clause filters rows returned by the FROM clause table in SELECT queries using one or more search condition filters. Oftentimes, in application development, we accept user input values which in turn, are the WHERE clause conditional filters against the table columns. In this post, I am covering the CodeIgniter 4 where() function and parameter binding for safer filtering in SELECT queries. Continue reading and see examples in MySQL…

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This post is the eleven one of a series of articles on extending MySQL with the Component Infrastructure, the list above will be updated as new articles are published:

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• Extending MySQL using the Component Infrastructure – part 3: component services
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Recently we got a question about how one can perform a minor version upgrade of a Galera Cluster, and today we just want to say that it is reasonably straightforward. While upgrades are a feature of Galera Manager that we are most excited to see come soon, today, doing it manually on the command line is quite simple! In this post, we will go through upgrading a 9-node geographically spread cluster, from MySQL 8.0.23 to 8.0.26. We also have extensive documentation: Upgrading Galera Cluster.

We have 3 nodes each in Singapore, London and San Francisco, making the cluster comprise of a total of 9 nodes, as we can confirm by executing: show status like 'wsrep_cluster_size';.

Since we installed all this via the RPM package manager on CentOS 7 by adding the YUM repository to the …

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Learn how to build a Harry Potter API using Node.js Express and PlanetScale

Learn how to build a Harry Potter API using Node.js Express and PlanetScale

Azure SQL Database is a fully managed platform as a service  (PaaS). Azure handles database management functions such as upgrading, patching, backups, and monitoring and we do not need to worry about these operations. In this article, we will see how to create an SQL database, connect to it, create a table in it and delete it at the end.

Last week, Jan 18th, we started 2022 with a new release of the MySQL Server suite (Router, Shell, Connectors, …).

MySQL is Open Source and each release contains contributions from our great Community. Let me thanks all the contributors on behalf of the entire MySQL Team: Thank you !

As Dave already mentioned already in his MySQL 8.0.28 Release Note Commentary post, this new version of MySQL includes contributions from Song Zhibai, Venkatesh Prasad Venugopal, Zheng Lai, Tingu Wei, Casa Zhang, Kevin Michel, our Øystein Grøvlen before his comeback, Tsubasa Tanaka, Brian Yue, Murakami Kohei, Casa Zhang, Hope Lee, Rahul Malik, Hobert Lu, Zhai Weixiang and Facebook.

Once again, thank you all for your …