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MySQL 8 Administrator???s Guide

You're reading from MySQL 8 Administrator???s Guide Effective guide to administering high-performance MySQL 8 solutions

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788395199

Length 510 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

SQL

Tools

MySQL

Concepts

Database Administration

Authors (3):

Mehta

Oza

Subhash Shah

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

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Contributors

Preface

1. An Introduction to MYSQL 8 FREE CHAPTER

2. Installing and Upgrading MySQL 8

3. MySQL 8 – Using Programs and Utilities

4. MySQL 8 Data Types

5. MySQL 8 Database Management

6. MySQL 8 Storage Engines

7. Indexing in MySQL 8

8. Replication in MySQL 8

9. Partitioning in MySQL 8

10. MySQL 8 – Scalability and High Availability

11. MySQL 8 – Security

12. Optimizing MySQL 8

13. Extending MySQL 8

14. MySQL 8 Best Practices and Benchmarking

15. Troubleshooting MySQL 8

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Index

MySQL GUI tools

There are many MySQL GUI tools available for performing various operations, starting with creating databases to performing daily administration tasks.

MySQL Workbench

MySQL Workbench is a graphical tool to work with the MySQL server and databases. It fully supports MySQL versions 5.1 and above. In this section, we will briefly discuss the capabilities of MySQL Workbench.

Five main function provided by MySQL Workbench are as follows:

SQL development: This creates and manages database connections, and configuration for connection parameters. It executes SQL statements using the built-in SQL editor and it replaces the standalone application query browser provided earlier.
Data modeling: This creates models of database schema graphically, with reverse and forward engineering between two different schema as well as on a live database. It provides a comprehensive table editor, with easy to use facilities for editing tables, columns, triggers, indexes, options, inserts, partitioning...

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Authors (3)

Mehta

Mehta

Chintan Mehta is a co-founder of KNOWARTH Technologies and heads the cloud/RIMS/DevOps team. He has rich, progressive experience in server administration of Linux, AWS Cloud, DevOps, RIMS, and on open source technologies. He is also an AWS Certified Solutions Architect. Chintan has authored MySQL 8 for Big Data, Mastering Apache Solr 7.x, MySQL 8 Administrator's Guide, and Hadoop Backup and Recovery Solutions. Also, he has reviewed Liferay Portal Performance Best Practices and Building Serverless Web Applications.

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Oza

Oza

Hetal Oza an MCA from a reputable institute of India, is working as a lead consultant at KNOWARTH Technologies. She has rich experience in Java-based systems with various databases. Her 10 years of experience covers all stages of software development. She has worked on development of web-based software solutions on various platforms. She has good exposure to integration projects with web-service-based and thread-based architecture. Her knowledge is not bound to any single field because she has worked on wide range of technologies and tools.

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Subhash Shah

Subhash Shah

Subhash Shah is an experienced solution architect. With 14 years of experience in software development, he works as an independent technical consultant now. He is an advocate of open source development and its utilization in solving critical business problems. His interests include Microservices architecture, Enterprise solutions, Machine Learning, Integrations and Databases. He is an admirer of quality code and test-driven development (TDD). His technical skills include translating business requirements into scalable architecture and designing sustainable solutions. He is a co-author of Hands-On High Performance with Spring 5, Hands-On AI for Banking and MySQL 8 Administrator's Guide. He has also been a technical reviewer for other books.

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