Recently, a friend reached out to me for help after encountering an error while restoring a MySQL dump during an upgrade from MySQL 8.0 to 8.4. The error read: At…
Recently I was asked a question: Why am I getting utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci as the default collation in MySQL 8, despite setting the server to use utf8mb4_general_ci? With the upgrade to MySQL…
Interpreting the results and exit codes of your upgrade tests is essential for assessing the process’s outcome. In this blog, we’ll explore the significance of pt-upgrade return codes and how…
MySQL 8 is around us for 5 years now. I believe you’re surely considering an upgrade. But if you’re on AWS and still on an older version of MySQL, this…
A friend’s application started failing with MySQL causing error about timestamp columns and it needs urgent fixing from the database side. A timestamp column was not accepting the null values…