The MySQL Document Store introduced with version 5.7.12 allows developers to create document collections without have to know Structured Query Language. The new feature also comes with a new set of terminology. So let us create a collection and see what it in it (basically creating a table for us SQL speakin' old timers).
So start the mysqlsh program, connect to the server, change to the world-x schema (database) switch to Python mode, a create a collection (table).
What did the server do for us? Switching to SQL mode, we can use describe to see what the server has done for us.
We have a two column …
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