The MySQL Development team is very happy to announce that MySQL 8.0.14 is now available for download at dev.mysql.com. In addition to bug fixes there are a few new features added in this release.  Please download 8.0.14 from dev.mysql.com or from the MySQL  Yum,  APT, or SUSE repositories.…

The MySQL Development team is very happy to announce that MySQL 8.0.13 is now available for download at dev.mysql.com. In addition to bug fixes there are a few new features added in this release.  Please download 8.0.13 from dev.mysql.com or from the MySQL  Yum,  APT, or SUSE repositories.…

The MySQL Development team is very happy to announce that MySQL 8.0.12, the first 8.0 Maintenance Release, is now available for download at dev.mysql.com. In addition to bug fixes there are a few new features added in this release, most notably the InnoDB instant add column feature. …

The MySQL Development team announced the General Availability of MySQL 8.0 on April 19th, 2018. Here we follow up with references to worklogs that were added in 8.0.11. Note the jump in version number from 8.0.4 (RC2) to 8.0.11 (GA) explained here.…

We proudly announce General Availability of MySQL 8.0. Download now! MySQL 8.0 is an extremely exciting new version of the world’s most popular open source database with improvements across the board. Some key enhancements include:

1. SQL Window functions, Common Table Expressions, NOWAIT and SKIP LOCKED, Descending Indexes, Grouping, Regular Expressions, Character Sets, Cost Model, and Histograms.

One of the nice things about MySQL 8.0 is the ability to combine the relational and document models. As a developer, you can choose to work with traditional SQL tables, with schemaless JSON documents, or with both types at the same time.…

With this post, I want to bring your attention to source code improvements in MySQL 8.0. MySQL 8.0 modernizes the code base by using C++14 constructs, being warning-free on more compilers and platforms, being UBSan- and ASan- clean, improving header file dependencies, improving the coding style, and better developer documentation.…

MySQL 8.0 comes with improved defaults, aiming at the best out of the box experience possible. Here we describe the changes and why they are made.

Introduction

Generally speaking, a good default is “the best choice for most users, most of the time”.…

The MySQL Development team is very happy to announce that MySQL 8.0.4, the second 8.0 Release Candidate (RC2), is now available for download at dev.mysql.com (8.0.4 adds features to 8.0.3, 8.0.2, 8.0.1 and 8.0.0). The source code is available at GitHub.…

The MySQL Development team is very happy to announce that MySQL 8.0.3, the first 8.0 Release Candidate (RC1), is now available for download at dev.mysql.com (8.0.3 adds features to 8.0.2, 8.0.1 and 8.0.0). The source code is available at GitHub.…