MySQL 8.0.22 New Features Summary

November 10, 2020

Presentation of some of the new features of MySQL 8.0.22 released on October 19th, 2020.

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Automatic connection failover for Asynchronous Replication

November 5, 2020

Since MySQL 8.0.22 there is a mechanism in asynchronous replication that makes the receiver automatically try to re-establish an asynchronous replication connection to another sender, in case the current connection gets interrupted due to the failure of the current sender.

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Plan your MySQL upgrade

October 21, 2020

I’ve made a short video that will give you tips and tricks to successfully upgrade to MySQL 8

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MySQL 8.0.21 New Features Summary

August 27, 2020

Presentation of some of the new features of MySQL 8.0.21 released on July 13th, 2020.

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MySQL 8.0.20 New Features Summary

May 26, 2020

Presentation of some of the new features of MySQL 8.0.20 released on April 27th, 2020.

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MySQL Security – Dual Password Support

May 19, 2020

Dual-password capability makes it possible to seamlessly perform credential changes without downtime.

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MySQL Security – Failed-Login Tracking and Temporary Account Locking

May 12, 2020

DBA can configure user accounts such that too many consecutive login failures cause temporary account locking.

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MySQL Security – Password Verification-Required Policy

May 5, 2020

MySQL 8.0 has introduced an optional behavior that authorize users to change their password only if they could provide the current password.

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MySQL Security – Password Reuse Policy

April 28, 2020

MySQL provides password-reuse capability, which allows database administrators to determine the number of unique passwords a user must use before they can use an old password again.

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MySQL Security – Password Expiration Policy

April 21, 2020

MySQL provides password-expiration capability, which enables database administrators to require that users reset their password.

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