Create a PlanetScale database on the Prisma Data Platform; immediately store and query data from the browser

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While exporting the table with MySQL native utility, we don’t have any control on the process, and also there will be no progress update as well on the process completion. So when exporting the larger table will consume high resource utilization and also the disk space usage will also be high.

MySQL shell utility will make the process easier. It will export the table and we can import the data back with a parallel thread and also will provide the current progress status on export/import progress.

util.exportTable() utility was introduced in Shell – 8.0.22 version, will export the data in a controlled manner. We can store the data in either local or Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage bucket as well.

We will see about the compression ratio along with the time taken for native MySQL vs Shell utility

Feature :

• Compression
• Progress status
• Supported output …

We all tried various alternative methods for modifying the table structure, but pt-online-schema-change (pt-osc) is the most convenient and preferred method for performing the alter online. It has more granular control too. But it may lead to data loss if proper precautionary steps are not taken care of.

In this blog, we are going to modify a column to a unique key using pt-osc, below I have shared the table structure.

mysql> show create table test\G
* 1. row *
Table: test
Create Table: CREATE TABLE test (
Personid int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
LastName varchar(255) NOT NULL,
FirstName varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
Age int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (Personid)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=1 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

I have inserted the data of 1000 rows using …

PlanetScale now supports zero downtime data migrations from your existing MySQL Database

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Generally, most all web applications are going to follow the elements of CRUD: Create, Read, Update, and Delete. CodeIgniter 4 is a powerful PHP web development framework that provides a rapid development environment. The CodeIgniter 4 Models come enriched with built-in CRUD functionality, which is covered in this compilation of Medium posts…

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New Oracle survey finds consumers on edge over high prices, out-of-stock products, and delivery delays. More Americans turning to gift cards and even DoorDashing gifts to avoid the holiday hassle.

This Veterans Day, Oracle is offering veterans free training and certification on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Autonomous Database.

This Veterans Day, Oracle is offering veterans free training and certification on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Autonomous Database.

Over the weekend, I’ve published the 1st issue of my new weekly free newsletter, OpenLamp.tech. I’m so excited about this newsletter. Read on to learn more…

What is the OpenLamp.tech newsletter

OpenLamp.tech is a free newsletter unlike any other that I’m aware of. If it existed, I would be reading it.

Instead, I created it. Let me explain…

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Hi all, just some words to let you know that FOSDEM’22 will take place February 5th and 6th. Like last year, this 2022 edition will be an online edition.

As MySQL, we have submitted our candidature for a devroom/track. We are waiting for the approval list.

As soon as we know FOSDEM’s decision, the eventual Call-For-Papers will be opened.

Stay tuned.

Meanwhile, enjoy MySQL !