Planet MySQL HA Blog

The Planet MySQL HA Blog aggregates content from sources that cover topics related to high availability (HA) for MySQL databases.

Seamlessly connect to your HeatWave MySQL from VS Code using the MySQL Shell Extension

In the previous post, we explored how the MySQL Shell extension for Visual Studio Code brings database development directly into your editor. In this follow-up, we'll walk through how to connect to a HeatWave MySQL database which is hosted in the cloud on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and how to browse schemas and run queries, all without leaving VS Code. Here is an architecture diagram that gives an idea of how VS Code connects to the HeatWave MySQL DB system.

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Fintech startups choose HeatWave MySQL

Fintech (financial technology) companies continue to disrupt the financial services industry. The technology they rely on is paramount; it often determines their ability to deliver an innovative solution exhibiting the performance, scalability, security, reliability, and cost-efficiency that will sway customers. Let’s consider in this blog why 3 fintech startups migrated to HeatWave MySQL, and the results they achieved.

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MySQL Shell in VS Code: A Modern Way to Work with Your Data

Modern development demands tools that minimize context switching and improve efficiency. The MySQL Shell extension for Visual Studio Code makes that possible by bringing powerful database interaction directly into the developer's workspace. With seamless support for connecting, querying, and scripting in SQL, Javascript, and TypeScript - all inside the familiar VS Code environment - it helps developers stay focused and productive.

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Percona Bug Report: June 2025

| Percona

At Percona, we operate on the premise that full transparency makes a product better. We strive to build the best open-source database products, but also to help you manage any issues that arise in any of the databases that we support. And, in true open-source form, report back on any issues or bugs you might encounter along the way.

We constantly update our bug reports and monitor other boards to ensure we have the latest information, but we wanted to make it a little easier for you to keep track of the most critical ones. This post is a central place to get…

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Track MySQL Table Activity: Know your Hot, Cold, and Static Tables

It's incredibly useful to know which tables in your MySQL databases are seeing active changes versus those tables that are more static. To do this, we need to examine DML (Data Manipulation Language) activity—specifically, updates, inserts, and deletes. MySQL offers various mechanisms to gather this information.

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Handle CSV files with HeatWave MySQL

| MySQL expert Diary

Efficiently loading CSV data into your MySQL environment is a crucial step for many analytical workloads, especially when dealing with the substantial datasets common in today's data-driven world. Both MySQL Shell's parallel import utility and HeatWave's Auto Parallel Load feature offer robust and effective solutions, each catering to slightly different needs and environments.

MySQL Shell's util.importTable provides a flexible and powerful way to import data from various sources, including local disks and OCI Object Storage, into your standard MySQL tables. It's a developer-friendly…

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Automating Machine Learning with MySQL HeatWave Service: A Guide for DBAs & Developers

Build Real-Time Data Analytics and Visualization Using Kafka, S3, HeatWave on AWS, and QuickSight

Percona Earns Kubernetes Certified Services Provider Status for All Three Major Open Source Databases

| Another MySQL DBA

Galera Cluster for MySQL 8.0.42-26.23 and 8.4.5-26.23 released

| Galera Cluster
Codership is pleased to announce a new Generally Available (GA) release of the multi-master Galera Cluster for MySQL 8.0, consisting of MySQL-wsrep 8.0.42-26.23 (release notes, download), with Galera replication library 4.23 (release notes, download) implementing wsrep API version 26. It also includes Galera Cluster for MySQL 8.4, consisting of MySQL-wsrep 8.4.5-26.23 (release notes, download); it […]

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