MySQL and MariaDB Encryption Choices for Today’s Use Cases

Long a cornerstone of data security, encryption is becoming more important than ever as organizations come to grips with major trends like teleworking, privacy mandates and Zero Trust architectures. To comprehensively protect data from the widest possible range of threats and meet the demands of these new use cases, you need two fundamental encryption capabilities: […]

MySQL Parser Deficiencies

MySQL is a very popular database for many applications. But the parser has some important deficiencies that developers need to be aware of. The parser is inconsistent and not robust in the way that it enforces statement syntax. This may lead to ambiguity and application defects that are very difficult to find. I include one […]

Query Rewrite: What is MySQL Doing To My Queries?

The Impact of Query Rewrite on MySQL Query Optimization When processing a query, every relational database vendor takes a number of similar steps to parse, validate, and optimize a query. MySQL does the following: Validates the query syntax — does it use valid operators, are the clauses in the proper order, etc. Validates the query […]