MySQL Database

MySQL powers the most demanding Web, E-commerce, SaaS and Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) applications. It is a fully integrated transaction-safe, ACID compliant database with full commit, rollback, crash recovery and row level locking capabilities. MySQL delivers the ease of use, scalability, and performance to power Facebook, Twitter, Uber, and Booking.com.

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MySQL improves security, scalablity, developer productivity and performance for web, mobile, embedded and Cloud applications.

MySQL delivers:

  • Transactional Data Dictionary implemented as a set of SQL tables stored in a single InnoDB tablespace.
  • Common Table Expressions also known as WITH queries.
  • Window Functions to reduce code complexity and help developers be more productive.
  • Invisible Indexes to better manage software upgrades and database changes for applications that run 24x7.
  • Descending Indexes to eliminate the need for sorting results and leads to performance improvements.
  • JSON Support with numerous additions including the JSON_TABLE() function which accepts JSON data and returns it as a relational table.
  • Document Store for developing both SQL and NoSQL document applications using a single database.
  • SQL Roles for granting and denying permissions to groups of users, greatly reducing the security workload.
  • OpenSSL as the default TLS/SSL library in MySQL.
  • Default to utf8mb4 character set for richer mobile applications and international character sets.
  • GIS is enhanced to support geography and Spatial Reference Systems (SRS).
  • InnoDB Cluster for improved high availability.
  • InnoDB ClusterSet for cross-region disaster recovery.
  • Replication providing flexible topologies for scale-out and high availability.
  • Reliability requiring little or no intervention to achieve continuous uptime.
  • Partitioning to improve performance and management of very large database environments.
  • ACID Transactions to build reliable and secure business critical applications.
  • Stored Procedures to improve developer productivity.
  • Triggers to enforce complex business rules at the database level.
  • Views to ensure sensitive information is not compromised.
  • Ease of use with "3 minutes from download to development" installation and configuration.
  • Low administration with very little database maintenance required.