Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.30-22 introduces a new authentication plugin, named authentication_fido. With this new plugin, it is possible to perform multi-factor authentication using hardware keys, or single-factor passwordless authentication with the same keys. This new plugin is in technical preview.

The plugin works exactly the same as the MySQL Enterprise FIDO authentication plugin, which is documented in detail in the official MySQL documentation and in the Percona Server for MySQL documentation

To try …

If like me you are an old experienced MySQL DBA, to analyze your MySQL workload, you certainly have used the slow query log with long_query_time set to 0. The slow query log is a file that contains all the queries whose execution time is greater than the value of long_query_time. This file can be huge […]

Today’s MySQL Community Advent Calendar post is about JSON datatype. Let’s start with some info about how MySQL Document Store handles JSON documents. Document Store and CRUD We know that MySQL 8.0 Document Store handles JSON documents with CRUD operations. We can add, delete and modify those documents very easily: JS > db.mycollection.find() { "_id": […]

The Inbound Replication capabilities of MySQL HeatWave Database Service have been improved with filtering and handling of sources without GTIDs. Users now have more flexibility to configure replication Channels for hybrid deployments or straightforward live migrations from on-premises or other cloud vendors.  Using the templates under the Target DB system filter options, you can easily […]

You now have more flexibility to configure Channels in MySQL Database Service for hybrid deployments or straightforward live migrations from on-premises or other cloud vendors. There are new options to add filters and source GTID handling in Channels for inbound replication.

The MySQL HeatWave Database Service added new capabilities that enable applications to scale database read operations to millions of queries per second.  Users can add and remove read replicas and load balancers to DB Systems with just a few clicks, and the service takes care of deployment, configuration, monitoring, and maintenance. Applications can connect directly […]

The MySQL HeatWave Database Service in OCI has capabilities that enable applications to scale database read operations to millions of queries per second. Users can add and remove read replicas and load balancers to DB Systems with just a few clicks, and the service takes care of deployment, configuration, monitoring, and maintenance. Applications can connect directly to read replicas or to a read-only endpoint that automatically balances the queries across all the replicas.

UNION and UNION ALL set operators return the combined rows from 1 or more SELECT queries. CodeIgniter 4 Query Builder now supports UNION and UNION ALL queries with the $builder->union() and $builder->unionAll() methods respectively. Learn how to create these types of queries in this article.

This article and many to follow, are part of a series of articles I am writing and sharing as I learn new concepts when I learn them. I think of it as a duty in sharing the things I learn as a self-taught developer. We all need to support one another as we continue to learn and grow. #buildinpublic #learninpublic #indiehackers #developer

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Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.30-22 introduces several improvements for the LDAP plugin: SASL support, support for fallback servers, and support for LDAP-based authorization. All improvements are in technical preview.

A description of the existing plugin features and usage instructions are available in the earlier blog post introducing the LDAP simple plugin, and in the Percona Server for MySQL documentation.

SASL connections

We introduced a new plugin similar to the MySQL …