JSON Data Improvements in MySQL 8.0

Location Redwood Shores, California
Dates Mar 23, 2023
Presentation Mar 23, 2023 , 1:00 AM
Speaker
Dave Stokes
Dave Stokes

Technology Evangelist at Percona

Abstract

The JSON data type was introduced in MySQL 5.7 and was dramatically improved in version 8.0. Chief among these changes was the introduction of JSON_TABLE(), which temporarily transforms JSON data into structured data for processing with SQL commands such as window functions. And you also gain the ability to test JSON data for required fields, range checks, and data type checks to ensure that bad data does not make it into your database instance. These and other MySQL 8.,0 JSON features will be covered in this session.

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Speaker Bios

Dave Stokes

Technology Evangelist at Percona

Dave joined Percona last February 2022. Dave is MySQL Community Manager and the author of MySQL & JSON - A Practical Programming Guide

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