All About SQL

Microsoft Defender for open-source relational DB

• by Arun Sirpal

• All About SQL

If you navigate to the overview section of your MySQL server you will see a notification area, here you will find security section. It’s basically an area to provide...

2022-03-08

5 reads

MySQL server Query Store

• by Arun Sirpal

• All About SQL

The query store, sounds familiar? The idea of the black box sitting within the database server watching what is going on within the environment. This is available within MySQL,...

2022-03-03

113 reads

Azure DB for MySQL – Replication

• by Arun Sirpal

• All About SQL

No doubt there will be a need for you to split off your analytical queries from the main database for performance reasons. If you have been following me in...

2022-02-15

18 reads

Azure DB for MySQL – server parameters

• by Arun Sirpal

• All About SQL

If you have used MySQL before you will know about the system server variables, you know such commands as SHOW VARIABLES; You can access most of them via the...

2022-02-10

21 reads

Azure DB for MySQL – Storage v1 vs v2

• by Arun Sirpal

• All About SQL

When it comes to MySQL and storage you will normally have to decide on 3 options: basic, general purpose v1 or v2. Basic does support up to 1TB and...

2022-02-07

9 reads

Connecting to Single Server MySQL

• by Arun Sirpal

• All About SQL

We have already created the server now it’s time to connect to it. What you will need – connection string details, correct networking setup and  a tool like MySQL...

2022-02-03

9 reads

Creating Azure DB for MySQL – Single Server

• by Arun Sirpal

• All About SQL

Enough of the theory and text lets use the Azure Portal and create MySQL Single server. Navigate to the Azure Portal, find Azure Database for MySQL servers: Click create...

2022-01-31

18 reads

Azure DB for MySQL – Single server vs Flexible

• by Arun Sirpal

• All About SQL

When you start the build process for MySQL you will be shown the below screen, the question is what option would you select? It really does depend; I don’t...

2022-01-19

130 reads

Azure Database for MySQL

• by Arun Sirpal

• All About SQL

SQL Server is not the only database you build and deploy into Azure. Another very popular option is MySQL. Going back many years, this was actually my first database...

2022-01-11

29 reads

SQL Managed Instances – Cross Instance?

• by Arun Sirpal

• All About SQL

There is a setting / feature in Managed Instance worth talking about, it is called SQL Trust Groups. What is this? At a basic level it’s a way to...

2021-12-15

89 reads