We have been talking about different MySQL operators in their guises for quite a while now: along with WHERE condition or SELECT statement, you name it. Now, the time to shine has come for the LIKE conditional operator used to search for patterns in strings with the help of wildcard characters. In this article, we will provide the basic syntax for using LIKE, along with illustrated examples of how to apply it in queries using one of the best MySQL IDEs on the market — dbForge Studio for MySQL.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 20th edition of MyWebinar. We hope that our time together helped to elevate and seam your work to perfection. We’re committed to giving back to the opensource database community in the coming days by presenting more LIVE events.

Monu Mahto, Database Consultant from Mydbops was successful in making this event more interactive, engaging, and, most importantly, productive for the audience. Thank you for your continuous contribution to the opensource community.

Topic: MySQL Data Encryption at Rest

Date: 25th of March, 2023

Time: 11 AM IST

The most important key takeaways are:

What is Data-at-rest Encryption ?

Data at rest means all inactive data stored on disk. …

In this article, we'll give a brief overview of SSH protocol and tunnel, as well as explore how to connect to a MySQL server remotely using the SSH tunnel created with the help of PuTTY, a popular Windows SSH client.

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With clear examples and explanations, the article demonstrates how ChatGPT can simplify and streamline the process of creating complex MySQL queries, making it easier for users to interact with databases and retrieve the data they need.

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In this article, we are going to talk about the MySQL SUBSTRING() function with its variations. Here, you will find a detailed guide with the basic syntax and examples of how to use this function. Moreover, we will demonstrate the benefits of MySQL coding in a handy IDE - dbForge Studio for MySQL that can help you save a lot of time and energy.

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Recently, while doing a test process to examine resource usage and the time required to alter the table using pt-osc, it leads to a loss of triggers even though the –preserve-triggers option is specified. I made the decision to recreate the identical circumstance so that everyone could see it.

Test environment : 

OS: Amazon Linux 2

MySQL version: 5.7.40

pt-online-schema-change version: 3.1.0

Before digging deeper, we must first obtain the whole picture. Here is an illustration of the table’s structure.

Table structure:

In MySQL, the ORDER BY clause is used to sort the records fetched by the SELECT statement, in ascending or descending order. And while the usage of this command is simple in basic cases, there are more complex scenarios requiring much more attention. This article will explore the essence, the syntax, and the usage scenarios […]

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MySQL variables store data, label data, and let developers create more accurate and efficient code by turning long and complicated strings of characters into one simple variable. This article will explore user-defined variables. User-defined variables let us execute various data sets with one command and use this data whenever needed. Mastering variables in MySQL is […]

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MySQL 8.0.30 was released on 26-07-2022. It has a good list of features.

• Generated Invisible Primary Key
• Dynamic Redo log Sizing
• Instruments to monitor group replication memory
• Support for Ubuntu 22.04

A most notable feature for Database Administrators and database reliability engineers is Dynamic redo logging.

The more widely adopted open-source backup tool is Xtrabackup. The change in the redo log design has affected this hot backup tool.

2022-10-04T18:40:08.211998+05:30 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] recognized server arguments: --datadir=/var/lib/mysql 
2022-10-04T18:40:08.212264+05:30 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] recognized client arguments: …

In the previous blog, we have gone through the Basic operation of the Skeema tool. In this blog, we will see the production use case of the Skeema tool.

1. Selective schema setup :
2. All (Global) servers :
3. Selective server execution:
4. …