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Benchmarking vector indexes in MySQL with vector-dev-bench

PostgreSQL has a rapidly evolving vector ecosystem. MySQL is earlier on that road, but the community is hard at work catching up. MariaDB ships its own HNSW index, Google engineers have shared a ScaNN-based vector index on MySQL's own vector index proposal, Percona is building an HNSW index inside InnoDB, and VillageSQL is building vector search as an extension with vsql-vector.

We want vector search on MySQL to be something that teams can …

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Village News: MySQL News + Events (21 October 2026)

Welcome back to Village News, our curated roundup of MySQL and database news. This issue covers two weeks, with MySQL 26.10 landing at the end of them.

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MySQL 26.10 Is Here: New Capabilities for Developers and DBAs
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TL;DR - MySQL 26.10 brings MySQL REST Service into the server as a component, so you no longer need MySQL Router to serve …

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MySQL October 2026 GA Releases Now Available

The October 2026 MySQL releases are now available, including: MySQL 26.10 brings additional capabilities to Community Edition, new options for building REST applications, and improvements to database operations and developer tools. MySQL 9.7.4 and MySQL 8.4.13 continue maintenance updates for the supported LTS release lines. October MySQL Server releases MySQL 26.10 Innovation delivers new functionality […]

Introducing the MySQL REST Service Component: Now Generally Available

With MySQL 26.10, we’re announcing the general availability of the MySQL REST Service (MRS) Component, an installable component that runs MRS directly inside MySQL Server. MRS: the MySQL REST Service Many modern applications, well, not just applications, but also tools, CLIs, CI pipelines, and automation, use HTTP and JSON to communicate with other systems. For […]

Top 5 kinh nghiệm thực tế về PHP và MySQL cho dev tự học

Mỗi tuần, đội ngũ chúng tôi đều nhận được ít nhất một câu hỏi từ bạn mới học lập trình. Nên bắt đầu với framework nào trước? Thực tế, phần lớn website bán hàng và blog nhỏ ở Việt Nam vẫn chạy trên PHP kết hợp MySQL. Vì vậy, top 5 kinh nghiệm thực tế về PHP và MySQL dưới đây đáng để bạn đọc kỹ trước khi đuổi theo công nghệ mới. Chúng tôi rút ra từ nhiều năm làm dự án từ nhỏ đến vừa.

Vì sao PHP và MySQL vẫn đáng học cho dev Việt Nam

Danh sách framework hiện nay dài đến mức người mới dễ rối. Cảm giác đó rất bình thường. Tuy vậy, PHP và MySQL có hệ sinh thái rộng.

Hosting giá dễ chịu và tài liệu tiếng Việt khá phong phú. Với cửa hàng online hay trang tin, đây là nền tảng đủ chắc để phát triển …

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MySQL 26.10 Is Here: New Capabilities for Developers and DBAs

MySQL 26.10 is here! This release brings MySQL REST Service into the server, expands Community Edition capabilities, and adds more control for applications using JSON Relational Duality Views. Here’s a look at the highlights. MySQL REST Service joins the server MySQL REST Service (MRS) is now available as a MySQL Server component, enabling HTTPS endpoints […]

MySQL JSON Duality Views: Now with granular write and ETAG controls

JSON Duality Views (JDVs) let applications read and write JSON documents backed by relational tables (see our introductory JDV blog). MySQL handles the document-to-table mapping, reducing application code while preserving relational integrity. We still need to decide which parts of a document applications can change. Earlier JDVs offered limited choices: table writes were generally all-or-nothing, and […]

Troubleshooting MySQL with OpenTelemetry Metrics

In the first post, we exported native MySQL telemetry to Prometheus. In the second, we organized those metrics around DBA questions. In the third, we built a Grafana dashboard that makes those questions visible. This final post shows how to use that dashboard when an application slows down or a database signal changes. The goal […]

Upgrading MySQL HeatWave High Availability from MySQL 8.0.46 to MySQL 8.4 LTS

Planning, compatibility testing, performance validation, application readiness, and rollback strategies for a large production deployment MySQL 8.0 reached its official End of Life (EOL) in April 2026 alongside the final release of version 8.0.46, but specific support extensions are available depending on your hosting environment.  Oracle extended support for MySQL 8.0 instances in MySQL HeatWave […]

Devart ODBC Drivers update brings SQL Server 2025, MySQL 9.7, and new Snowflake authentication methods

The latest Devart ODBC Drivers release is here, adding support for SQL Server 2025, MySQL 9.7.x, and NexusDB 4.75.20. The update also introduces new authentication options, improved data protection, and broader compatibility with development tools, operating systems, and other data sources.

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