The auto-increment feature, which generates unique values for primary key columns, is an integral part of the database’s design. With the release of MySQL 8, a notable enhancement was introduced to the auto-increment counter. Compared to MySQL 5.7, this enhancement ensures that the maximum auto-increment counter value persists between server restarts, providing enhanced consistency and reliability in data management. In this article, we will look into this enhancement, compare MySQL 5.7 with MySQL 8, and provide practical examples to demonstrate the differences.

Auto-increment in MySQL 5.7

In MySQL 5.7, the auto-increment counter works as follows: when a new row is inserted into a table with an auto-increment column, the counter increments by 1, and the generated value is used for the primary key of the inserted row. This counter value is stored in memory and is not persistent across server restarts. As a result, if the server …

Where can you find MySQL team in September 2023

With the short work week due to the US Labor Day holiday on last Monday, I barely got this week’s OpenLampTech newsletter out. But, here it is in all its glory. Thanks for reading.

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Percona University Online has released a new free course, “MySQL 5.7 End of Life Options – Free Course at Percona University Online,” by Dave Stokes, Technical Evangelist at Percona. 

Dave is the author of MySQL & JSON – A Practical Programming Guide. He started to work with MySQL from the 3.29 version and was a part of the MySQL Community Team for over a decade.

MySQL 5.7 reaches its End of Life in October 2023. The Era of MySQL 5.x will be over, and only MySQL 8.0 will be officially supported. Learn how to keep your database secure and performant after that date and what real options you have if you decide to upgrade or stay on the current version. 

This course consists of eight short videos. Pass a brief quiz on Google Classroom afterward to receive a Certificate of Completion from Percona. The …

At Oracle Cloud World 2023, we'll cover the architecture of the fully-managed Oracle MySQL HeatWave database service and the most important features for transactional applications.

How about seeing live how the performance of MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse compares to Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, and Databricks? Don’t miss the demos at the AMD booth at Oracle CloudWorld - Tuesday, Sept 19, and Wednesday, Sept 20. Plus, you can win a great prize!

In the recent past, I shared in a Reddit post that I was searching for developers who were interested in participating in a text-based interview for the OpenLampTech publication.

I am super-excited that Will Earp agreed to participate in this developer interview for the OpenLampTech readers.

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