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Where’s the MySQL team from October - December 2021
As a continue of the previous announcement from July 1st, 2021, please find below the list of shows where you can find MySQL Community and/or the MySQL team during the time of October - December 2021: October 2021: OpenSource Conference India (OSI Days) / Virtual, October 7-8,...

Have an Hour or So And Want To Learn MySQL?
Want to learn MySQL? Have an hour or so?  Go to Oracle's Learning Explorer and sign up for the FREE MySQL Explorer learning path (it is near the bottom of the page).  It begins with an overview of MySQL, discusses the client/server model, and then leads you through the use of MySQL....

Dave's MySQL Quiz #3 -- JSON data conversion
 This weeks quiz is a little different.  Many of you grew up with MySQL's sample world database but have not used the world_x database (see https://elephantdolphin.blogspot.com/2021/09/sample-databases-for-learning-mysql-and.html for information on both...

Dave's MySQL Quiz #2
This week's MySQL uses the Sakila database (See below for details on obtaining and installing this sample database)  and this week's quiz is a  great one for those wanting to move from beginner level SQL development to a higher level.  There will be lots of tables to...

MySQL HeatWave: Scale Out Management
  Introduction MySQL is the world's most popular open source database because of its reliability, high-performance, and ease of use. MySQL has been designed and optimized for transaction processing and enterprises around the world rely on it. With the introduction of HeatWave in MySQL...

Import data from Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL to MySQL Database Service in OCI
In previous posts we already saw how to export data from PostgreSQL and AWS RedShift, and import it on MySQL Database Service in OCI using MySQL Shell importTable utility: How to import data from PostgreSQL to MySQL Database Service How to import data from Amazon Redshift to MySQL Database...

Deploy Apache Superset with MySQL Database Service on OCI
We already saw how easy it’s to deploy solutions on OCI using Terraform and Resource Manager’s Stack. I’ve published several resources available on this page. Today we will see how easy it’s to deploy Apache Superset on OCI using MySQL Data Service. Apache Superset is an...

Oracle MySQL Scores Big Race Victory at Silverstone
GT Cup 2021 For racing, as for the cloud, performance matters; and a few second faster will make a difference between win and lose.   Team Greystone GT and Oracle MySQL Database Service with HeatWave score maiden race win with Mason and Lancaster in GT Cup Greystone GT became...

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