The differences in processing efficiency between MySQL’s three character storage types should not have a big impact on processing times unless your data sets are extremely large.

Percona's enhanced MySQL MEMORY storage engine can accept any data type, paving the way for use of more efficient data types Percona has updated its version of MySQL so that the software’s ...

If you've never backed up your MySQL or MariaDB databases, now's the time. Jack Wallen shows you how to back up that data and restore it, in case your website has met an untimely demise.