MySQL 8.0 Overview
This presentation covers the new features in MySQL 8.0. In addition to Data Dictionnary and CTEs the presentation covers:
- Move to utf8(mb4) as MySQL's default character set
- Language specific case insensitive collation for 21 languages (utf8)
- Invisible index
- Descending indexes
- Improve usability of UUID and IPV6 manipulations
- SQL roles - SET PERSIST for global variable values
- Performance Schema, instrumenting data locks
- Performance Schema, instrumenting error messages
- Improved cost model with histograms
The presentation ends with Scalability, Plugin infrastructure, and GIS.