* Dr. Internet columnist Steve Blass discusses the differences between MySQL character data types * Help Desk columnist Ron Nutter discusses the costs of data across a WAN ...

For a missing value, MySQL sets the column to the implicit default for its data type. Implicit defaults were described in Section 3.2.3, “Specifying Column Default Values.†Strict mode ...

and focused on robustness to make sure vector support is as solid as every other data type MySQL supports. The new vector capabilities enable direct support for recommendation systems, semantic ...