This post was originally published in July 2018 and was updated in July 2023.

Now that Database-as-a-service (DBaaS) is in high demand, there are multiple questions regarding AWS services that cannot always be answered easily: When should I use Aurora and when should I use RDS MySQL?  What are the differences between Aurora and RDS? How do I choose which one to use?

In this blog, we will answer all of these important questions and provide a general overview comparing the two database services, Aurora vs RDS.

Understanding DBaaS

DBaaS cloud services allow users to use databases without configuring physical hardware and infrastructure or installing software. But …

Using MySQL Shell, we can dump and load databases across cloud providers. In this post, we will discuss how to dump a MySQL database running in Azure to an Azure storage container and then load that data into a MySQL HeatWave instance running in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

MySQL Shell 8.0.33 added full SSL/TLS and certificate-based (passwordless) authentication support across all aspects of deployment of MySQL InnoDB Cluster, ClusterSet or ReplicaSet.

Helidon + MySQL Document Store

ChatGPT, a powerful language model developed by OpenAI, has a wide range of applications across various realms, including database development. In this article, we will demonstrate how developers, DBAs, and data analysts can harness the capabilities of ChatGPT to enhance data import into databases like MySQL.

The post How to Import Any Data Format to MySQL Using ChatGPT appeared first on Devart Blog.

Learn how to build a Laravel application backed by a MySQL PlanetScale database.

Learn how to build a Laravel application backed by a MySQL PlanetScale database.

Recently, I was working on a very unfortunate case that revolved around diverging clusters, data loss, missing important log errors, and forcing commands on Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC). Even though PXC tries its best to explain what happens in the error log, I can vouch that it can be missed or overlooked when you do not know what to expect.

This blog post is a warning tale, an invitation to try yourself and break stuff (not in production, right?).

TLDR:
Do you know right away what happened when seeing this log?

2023-06-22T08:23:29.003334Z 0 [ERROR] [MY-000000] [Galera] gcs/src/gcs_group.cpp:group_post_state_exchange():433: Reversing history: 171 -> 44, this member has applied 127 more events than the primary component.Data loss is possible. Must abort.

Demonstration

Using the …

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MySQL Shell is an advanced client and code editor for MySQL. In addition to the provided SQL functionality, similar to MySQL, MySQL Shell provides scripting capabilities for JavaScript and Python and includes APIs for working with MySQL. The X DevAPI enables you to work with both relational and document data, and MySQL Shell 8.0 is highly recommended for use with MySQL Server 8.0 and 5.7.

MySQL Shell includes utilities for working with MySQL. To access the utilities from within MySQL Shell, use the util global object, which is available in JavaScript and Python modes, but not SQL mode. These are the utilities to take a backup; let’s see some basic commands.

• util.dumpTables – Dump one or more tables from single database
• util.dumpSchemas – Dump one or more databases
• util.dumpInstance – Dump full instance
• util.loadDump – Restore dump

1. Single table …