MySQL has since version 5.7 had support for progress information for some queries. As promised in my previous post, I will here discuss how you can use that to get progress information for ALTER TABLE on InnoDB tables. Background and …
With the introduction of MySQL Shell 8.0, the second major version of the new command-line tool for MySQL, a new and rich featured prompt was introduced. Unlike the prompt of the traditional mysql command-line client, it does not just say …
There are many nice changes included in the MySQL 8.0.12 release that were published a couple of days ago. One of the most exciting is the ability to make instant schema changes to tables. This blog will look into why …
MySQL supports a long list of character sets, and one of the strong points are that you can use different character sets per column. This is very flexible, but which character set should you use? If you do not want …
