Congratulations, library explorer! You’ve journeyed from empty shelves and head-scratching table structures to a bustling digital library, complete with secure doors and well-organized stacks. Now, as you place the final book in your collection, there’s one crucial skill left before you can truly claim the title of database master: keeping your hard-earned data safe for […]

If you’ve been following along on your MySQL library adventure, you now know how to build sturdy shelves (tables), fill them with treasured books (data), and ask clever questions (queries) to your database. But—plot twist!—there’s another important character in our story: security. After all, what good is your carefully cataloged collection if just anyone can […]

Simplify Real-Time Analytics with MySQL HeatWave Auto-Refresh Materialized Views

Following our previous blog post, we are pleased to extend an invitation to join us at the various shows, meetups, and events we are sponsoring and attending from November 2025 to January 2026. Find below more details on specific dates and locations, and we look forward to engaging with you during this exciting season of […]

MySQL events in Nov-Jan 2026

Discover how to use aggregate functions and GROUP BY in MySQL to answer big questions about your data! This post guides beginners through counting, averaging, and categorizing records with friendly library metaphors, clear examples, and humor. A great way to level up your SQL skills and get your data stories told.

Introducing new APIs in Cluster/J to help applications handle schema changes

The first of two parts describing new features in Cluster/J, the NoSQL Java development environment for MySQL NDB Cluster.

  Introduction MySQL HeatWave is a fully managed MySQL database service that combines transactions, analytics, machine learning, and GenAI services, without ETL duplication. Also included is MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse, which allows users to query data in object storage, MySQL databases, or a combination of both. Users can deploy MySQL HeatWave–powered apps on a choice of […]

We are excited to share how MySQL HeatWave brings powerful recommendation capabilities directly into your database with the integration of the TwoTower model, a deep learning architecture that's become the gold standard for large-scale recommender systems