An exciting feature-full new version of MySQL (v8.x) was released on April 2018. Along with those exciting features, there were many changes and enhancements done in MySQL's internal optimizer. Naturally, we at EverSQL keep an eye on major changes in MySQL's optimizer, to make sure we are familiar with them and co-exist with them. So… Continue reading MySQL 8.x Adoption Rate – Survey Results

I personally believe that the best way to deliver a complicated message to an audience, is by using a simple example. So in this post, I chose to demonstrate how to obtain insights from MySQL's EXPLAIN output, by using a simple SQL query which fetches data from StackOverflow's publicly available dataset. The EXPLAIN command provides… Continue reading MySQL Explain Example – Explaining MySQL EXPLAIN using StackOverflow data

Knowing the bits and bytes of an SQL query's order of operations can be very valuable, as it can ease the process of writing new queries, while also being very beneficial when trying to optimize an SQL query. If you're looking for the short version, this is the logical order of operations, also known as… Continue reading SQL Order of Operations – In Which Order MySQL Executes Queries?

Introduction The goal of this article is to evaluate and highlight the main similarities and differences between the MySQL Server Database and the MariaDB Server Database. We’ll look into performance aspects, security, main features, and list all aspects which need to be considered before choosing the right database for your requirements. Who is using MySQL… Continue reading MariaDB vs MySQL – Comparing MySQL 8.0 with MariaDB 10.3

In many cases, developers, DBAs and data analysts struggle with bad application performance and are feeling quite frustrated when their SQL queries are extremely slow, which can cause the entire database to perform poorly. Luckily, there is a solution to this problem! In this article, we will briefly cover a few ways you can use… Continue reading 5 Easy Ways To Improve Your Database Performance

Imagine how spider-man's life would look like if he had never find out that he can shoot webs from his wrist... Not a good starting point, isn't it? Sometimes one can learn to write SQL queries but miss critical functionalities and important features, which can change their day-to-day life and save them significant amount of… Continue reading What’s the best way to learn to write better and faster SQL queries?

The survey results from StackOverflow's developers survey are already here, and we can now declare the most popular databases for 2018. Without further ado, let's look into the results: So what can we learn from these results? The most popular database is MySQL, and not by far comes SQL Server. This wasn't very surprising, as… Continue reading Most popular databases in 2018 according to StackOverflow survey

Migrating a MySQL database usually requires only few simple steps, but can take quite some time, depending on the amount of data you would like to migrate. The following steps will guide through how to export the MySQL database from the old server, secure it, copy it to the new server, import it successfully and… Continue reading How to Transfer a MySQL Database Between Two Servers?

What is a median value? The median of an array of numbers is the value of the middle item in the array, assuming the array is sorted. If the array has an even number of items, the median represents the average of the two middle values in the array. This value is very popular one… Continue reading How to calculate median value in MySQL using a simple SQL query