Semantic Search with SQL Simplicity and Operational Control

Introduction

Vector search is redefining how we work with unstructured and semantic data. Until recently, integrating it into traditional relational databases like MySQL required external services, extra infrastructure, or awkward workarounds. That changes with the MyVector plugin — a native vector indexing and search extension purpose-built for MySQL.

Whether you’re enhancing search for user-generated content, improving recommendation systems, or building AI-driven assistants, MyVector makes it possible to store, index, and search vector embeddings directly inside MySQL — with full support for SQL syntax, indexing, and filtering.

What Is MyVector?

The MyVector plugin adds native support …

During the last MySQL & HeatWave Summit, Wim Coekaerts announced that a new optimizer is available and is already enabled in MySQL HeatWave. Let’s have a quick look at it and how to use it. The first step is to verify that Hypergraph is available: The statement won’t return any error if the Hypergraph Optimizer […]

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MySQL is one of the world’s most popular and widely used relational database management systems (RDBMS). Developed in 1995 by ...

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Introduction In this article, I’m going to show you how to optimize the queries executed by a Spring application running on MySQL using Releem. For a short introduction about Releem, check out this previous article, in which I explained how to set up Releem to collect metrics from your MySQL database. Spring Petclinic application The application under test is going to be the well-known Spring Petclinic that we are going to run using the MySQL profile: After starting the application, we are going to run the petclinic_test_plan.jmx JMeter test plan that is... Read More

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