MySQL HeatWave Service (MHS) on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) already provides multiple ways to create a new DB system, such as restoring from a backup, using Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR), or importing data from Object Storage. However, when creating a new DB system from an existing DB system, especially in another region, the process required several sequential […]

MySQL offers three different approaches to extending the SQL capabilities with the default product you download and install. These are: User Defined Function (UDF) MySQL Manual MySQL Plugin MySQL Manual MySQL Component MySQL Manual For the purposes of this post I will be using the current LTS version MySQL 8.

MySQL offers three different approaches to extending the SQL capabilities with the default product you download and install. These are: User Defined Function (UDF) MySQL Manual MySQL Plugin MySQL Manual MySQL Component MySQL Manual For the purposes of this post I will be using the current LTS version MySQL 8.

This lesson should have been learned with the CREATE TABLE of death, but it is worth a refresh.

Do not uselessly grant CREATE and ALTER TABLE

The reason I am posting this reminder is that another crashing bug related to DDL came to my attention.  This bug is only fixed in a recent version of MySQL (probably not affecting 5.6 and 5.7), so if you are running the latest 8.0 or 8.4, you should

You no longer need to manually parse the MySQL Error log via scripting and RegEx pattern matching. Using the component_log_sink_json component you can obtain JSON error logging for easier parsing.

You no longer need to manually parse the MySQL Error log via scripting and RegEx pattern matching. Using the component_log_sink_json component you can obtain JSON error logging for easier parsing.

Historically installing MySQL on a RedHat Compatible Linux server was as simple as yum install mysql-server. Today’s MySQL Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, and Fedora 9.7 instructions are not accurate mixing in 8.

Historically installing MySQL on a RedHat Compatible Linux server was as simple as yum install mysql-server. Today’s MySQL Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, and Fedora 9.7 instructions are not accurate mixing in 8.

On April 21st, 2026, we released MySQL 9.7.0, the latest Long-Term Support release. As always, we are grateful to the MySQL community for helping improve MySQL with bug reports, patches, pull requests, and continued feedback. Community contributions help make MySQL better for everyone, and we are happy to recognize the contributors whose work was included […]

Understanding the New Cadence: Quarterly CPUs, Targeted CSPUs, and Transitioning to Calendar Versioning MySQL is updating its release model to make releases easier to understand, plan for, and follow: The goal is not simply to change the number on a release. The goal is to give users, DBAs, developers, Linux distributions, cloud platforms, and ecosystem […]