Planet MySQL HA Blog

The Planet MySQL HA Blog aggregates content from sources that cover topics related to high availability (HA) for MySQL databases.

MySQL HeatWave feature announcements at Oracle AI World

MySQL HeatWave is the only fully managed MySQL database service that combines transactions, analytics, machine learning, and GenAI services, without ETL. It also includes the capabilities to query data in object store and provides the best price performance in the industry. MySQL HeatWave is available on Oracle OCI, Amazon AWS, and Microsoft Azure. This year […]

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MySQL Basics: The Inside Track—Speeding Up Searches with Indexes

Congratulations, library legend! If you’ve made it this far, you already know how to select rows, join tables, and summarize data in MySQL. You might even feel like the database’s resident Sherlock Holmes, unearthing facts with dazzling efficiency. But what happens when your digital library comes alive, and your once-tidy student and book tables start bursting at the digital […]

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Supercharge MySQL: Introducing WebAssembly Integration for Next-Gen Data Apps

This blog post introduces WebAssembly (Wasm) support in MySQL Heatwave! For the first time, you can bring high-performance, portable code, compiled from Rust, C++, and many more languages, directly to your MySQL data, unlocking a new universe of speed, flexibility, and innovation.

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Introducing Delta Lake in MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse

MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse enables queries on file formats like Parquet, Avro, ND-JSON and CSV in an object store. This blog introduces support for the Delta Lake table format, thereby enabling ACID-compliant applications on data in the object store.

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MySQL HeatWave and MySQL AI integration with Model Context Protocol

This blog is focused on Model Context Protocol (MCP). MCP is an open standard enabling seamless integration between applications powered by large language models (LLMs) and external data sources and/or tools. The MySQL HeatWave MCP Server provides a collection of specialized tools that help you leverage the full capabilities of both MySQL HeatWave and MySQL AI.

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Semantic and Keyword—Hybrid Search in MySQL HeatWave

This blog explains Hybrid Search capabilities within MySQL HeatWave, describing how it combines the strengths of keyword-based (BM25) and semantic (embedding) search. It explains the benefits for advanced information retrieval and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, highlighting how hybrid search supports complex business scenarios that require both contextual understanding and exact match capabilities.

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MySQL Basics: Count Me In—Aggregating and Grouping Your Data

Welcome back, library explorer! By now, you’ve learned how to select data with SELECT, peek at your digital shelves, and even master the art of paging through a crowded student register using LIMIT and OFFSET. But what if you want answers to those big questions, like “How many student records have I collected?” or “What’s the earliest book checked […]

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MySQL Basics: Join the Party—Bringing Tables Together with JOINs

Welcome back, library explorer! Now that you’ve mastered the art of keys and relationships in your MySQL adventure, you’re ready for the next plot twist: discovering how data in one table connects to data in another. If you’ve ever wished your database could gossip between its tables—exchanging juicy details about students, books, and more—today’s the […]

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Supercharge MySQL: Introducing WebAssembly Integration for Next-Gen Data Apps

MySQL HeatWave is the only fully managed MySQL database service that combines transactions, analytics, machine learning, and GenAI services, without ETL duplication. Also included is MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse, which allows users to query data in object storage, MySQL databases, or a combination of both. Users can deploy MySQL HeatWave–powered apps on a choice of public […]

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MySQL HeatWave and MySQL AI integration with Model Context Protocol

MySQL HeatWave is the only fully managed MySQL database service that combines transactions, analytics, machine learning, and GenAI services, without ETL duplication. Also included is MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse, which allows users to query data in object storage, MySQL databases, or a combination of both. Users can deploy MySQL HeatWave–powered apps on a choice of public […]

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