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Advanced MySQL 8

You're reading from   Advanced MySQL 8 Discover the full potential of MySQL and ensure high performance of your database

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Published in Jan 2019
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ISBN-13 9781788834445
Length 286 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Birju Shah Birju Shah
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Eric Vanier Eric Vanier
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction 2. MySQL 8's New Features FREE CHAPTER 3. Indexing Your Data for High Performance 4. Advanced Data Techniques for Large Queries 5. MySQL Data Dictionary in MySQL 8.0 6. MySQL Server Settings 7. Group Replication in MySQL 8.0 8. InnoDB Cluster in MySQL 8.0 9. Monitoring Your Large Distributed Databases 10. Authentication and Security Management with MySQL 8.0 11. Advanced MySQL Performance Tips and Techniques 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

JSON enhancements functionalities

Oracle has been forced over time to adopt the new NoSQL trend because of the competition and also the fact that the concept of storage type document as JSON came to be much more practical at the management level; for some companies that have architectures such as big data, this became more of a constraint at the application level.

For these reasons, Oracle introduced for the first time in MySQL 5.7.8, the JSON data type, which is a type of specialized binary column, similar to a blob, but with additional features to optimize storage and recover the values of a JSON type column.

In the new version of MySQL 8.0, Oracle has added great features such as automatic validation, JSON document normalization, and automatic loading of values. There is also a restriction that must be taken into consideration, such as, for example, JSON columns that cannot...

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