Planet MySQL HA Blog

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

MySQL HeatWave Database Audit for Data Governance, Compliance, and Security

We are excited to introduce MySQL HeatWave auditing. It provides a robust and powerful auditing mechanism that meets the most demanding data governance, compliance, and security requirements for:  MySQL HeatWave Audit leverages the robust technology found in MySQL Enterprise Audit. It enables Database Administrators to define filters that specify which events and activities are collected. These database events provide details […]

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Where you can find MySQL during September – November 2023

We are pleased to announce our attendance at the conferences and events which are hold during September to November 2023. Please see the list below:

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Announcing MySQL InnoDB Cluster Read Replicas

MySQL’s first Innovation Release is out, 8.1.0, and with it, we’re introducing MySQL InnoDB Cluster Read Replicas.  The main purpose of secondaries on MySQL InnoDB Cluster is to be ready to take over when a primary member has failed (High Availability). This is done using MySQL Group Replication. Another commonly used purpose for the secondaries is […]

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Getting the most out of MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse with Autopilot

Introduction MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse brings the power and speed and convenience of MySQL HeatWave to querying data in object storage. In our first blog post in the HeatWave Lakehouse series presented an overview of the new capabilities of HeatWave Lakehouse and how it extends the MySQL HeatWave portfolio by allowing users to process and query […]

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Testing MySQL Applications With Node.js and Testcontainers

Over the years, I have become obsessed with writing code tests. One big pain point with writing tests is testing code that interacts with a database. In this post, we are going to talk about some of the difficulties that may be encountered when writing tests for database interaction and how we can use Testcontainers to mitigate […]

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MySQL 2023-2024 Oracle ACE Program Members

As was already announced by the Oracle ACE team on July 24, 2023, it is our great pleasure to introduce MySQL ACEs to the MySQL community for the period 2023-2024. Our new MySQL ACEs for this year are: Congratulations to all Oracle ACEs for MySQL !  

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MySQL 8.1.0 is out ! Thank you for the contributions !!

The latest release of MySQL (July 18th, 2023) marks a new era for the most popular Open Source database, with the very first Innovation Release (8.1.0). More will follow before MySQL’s very first LTS Release sees the light of day. This new Innovation Release already contains contributions from our great Community. MySQL 8.1.0 contains patches […]

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FrOSCon, ODC and JavaScript & Friends with MySQL in August 2023

As was announced on Jun 1, 2023, you can find MySQL or MySQL Community team at following conferences in August 2023: We are looking foward to seeing you at any of above conference!

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Introducing the MySQL Configurator tool

The MySQL Server 8.1.0 release was published on July 18th, 2023 and it introduces the new MySQL Configurator tool for MySQL Server 8.1 and higher on Windows. The MySQL Configurator application for Windows configures a MySQL Server installation in a series of basic steps. It can both configure and reconfigure the corresponding MySQL Server installation. […]

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Announcing: MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse General Availability

Today, we announced the general availability of MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse and new capabilities in MySQL Autopilot that enable organizations to efficiently query data from object store using standard SQL syntax and without requiring database tuning expertise. Data in object store can be in a variety of file formats like CSV, Parquet or export from databases […]

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