MySQL 8.0 Released With Many Improvements, Faster Performance

[clavko]

There are a lot of attributes one may use to describe a software product used by crowd from MySQL customer list... "Terrible" wouldn't be my first choice

[Tuxee]

MySQL used to be infamous for how terrible it was.
How is MySQL these days, is it still terrible or is it a solid database these days?

MySQL and MariaDB are pretty solid for your average use-case. I use it with some web applications which are not exactly small anymore and the performance is reasonable. I tried PostgreSQL as an alternative on a few and the differences in performance were hardly noticable (IAW: code execution time was much more an issue than the raw database speed). As always: YMMV.

Is JSON in relational databases truly useful or just a desperate attempt to stay relevant in a post-SQL / NoSQL world?

JSON with MySQL is just a data type. On MySQL it does some validation checks and provides some functions to extract and modify data from these JSON strings. MariaDB does not support a JSON data type yet (but comes with a few JSON functions). It IS useful even in relational databases, since JSON has become the prime data exchange format for web applications (I use JSON/varchar columns for storing additional log data).

[F.Ultra]

MySQL used to be infamous for how terrible it was.
How is MySQL these days, is it still terrible or is it a solid database these days?

Is JSON in relational databases truly useful or just a desperate attempt to stay relevant in a post-SQL / NoSQL world?

That infamousy often came from either fanbois of other SQL servers and/or from people using the MyISAM storage engine.

[uid313]

MySQL used to be infamous for how terrible it was.
How is MySQL these days, is it still terrible or is it a solid database these days?

Is JSON in relational databases truly useful or just a desperate attempt to stay relevant in a post-SQL / NoSQL world?

[phoronix]

Phoronix: MySQL 8.0 Released With Many Improvements, Faster Performance

It's a busy day in the software and hardware space today as well as a busy week for Oracle with several big releases this week. The latest is the general availability of the long-awaited MySQL 8.0 update...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MySQL-8.0-Released