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Communication protocols in MySQL

Generally, MySQL supports connections between clients and the server using several networking protocols. Below are the main protocols which are used by client to connect with MySQL server. TCP/IP Unix socket file Named pipe Shared memory TCP/IP connections are supported by any MySQL server unless the server is started with the –skip-networking option. These connections Continue Reading

Event scheduler in MySQL 5.1

I just recently used Event scheduler which was the major feature in MySQL 5.1 version. Its very much similar to the linux crontab functionality. MySQL Event is nothing but a bunch of statements which we can run on specific schedule. When you will create any event, its just a database object like table, view or Continue Reading