This book is for a wide range of readers. MySQL database administrators and developers who have worked on earlier versions of MySQL will learn about the features of MySQL 8 and how they can leverage them. For readers who worked on other RDBMSes such as Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, and Db2 this book will be a quick start guide to MySQL 8. For beginners, this book serves as a handbook; they can refer to the recipes and find quick solutions to their problems.
Most importantly, this book makes you production-ready. After reading this book, you will be confident in handling busy database servers with large datasets.
In my 10 years of experience with MySQL, I have witnessed small mistakes leading to major outages. In this book, ...
