* Dr. Internet columnist Steve Blass discusses the differences between MySQL character data types * Help Desk columnist Ron Nutter discusses the costs of data across a WAN ...

For a missing value, MySQL sets the column to the implicit default for its data type. Implicit defaults were described in Section 3.2.3, “Specifying Column Default Values.†Strict mode ...

and focused on robustness to make sure vector support is as solid as every other data type MySQL supports. The new vector capabilities enable direct support for recommendation systems, semantic ...

Read performance is also very good with this engine, tuned with some commonly used methods standard to most SQL servers and others unique to MySQL, including the following: PostgreSQL excels at ...