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Quick Start with MySQL Intermediate

Production-ready compilation flags and build commands

Performance Tuning: QUICK START (5s)

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SHOW GLOBAL STATUS LIKE 'Threads_connected';

Current active connections. Learn more in 'mysql performance tuning' section

⚡ 5s Setup

When to Use MySQL Intermediate

Decision matrix per scegliere la tecnologia giusta

IDEAL USE CASES

Optimizing slow queries using EXPLAIN and indexes
Implementing ACID transactions in financial or inventory systems
designing complex schemas with foreign key constraints and normalization

AVOID FOR

Basic CRUD applications (stick to Beginner guide)
Data warehousing analytics (consider ColumnStore/Snowflake)
Unstructured JSON heavy workloads (consider MongoDB)

Core Concepts of MySQL Intermediate

Production-ready compilation flags and build commands

Performance Tuning: Indexing Strategy

Composite vs Single indexes. See 'mysql index optimization' examples below

⚠️ Common Error

Indexing every column

✓ Solution

Index based on WHERE/JOIN/ORDER BY usage

+500% Read Speed

Advanced SQL: Window Functions

RANK(), ROW_NUMBER() for analytical queries

Reduced Code Complexity

mysql stored procedure examples: Automation

Encapsulating logic server-side

2x Network Latency Reduction

Transaction Isolation: ACID Compliance

Understanding READ COMMITTED vs REPEATABLE READ

⚠️ Common Error

Assuming default isolation fits all

✓ Solution

Set specific isolation levels per transaction

Data Consistency

mysql vs postgresql: Locking Mechanisms

Row-level locking optimization

+Concurrency

MySQL Intermediate Code Snippets

Copy-paste ready code blocks with real-world use cases

SQL

Show Running Queries

SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST;

Output

List of active threads

SQL

Explain Query Execution

EXPLAIN FORMAT=JSON SELECT * FROM orders WHERE user_id = 1;

Output

JSON execution plan

SQL

Create Composite Index

CREATE INDEX idx_user_status ON orders(user_id, status);

Output

Query OK

SQL

Transaction with Error Handling

START TRANSACTION; INSERT INTO logs VALUES (1); SAVEPOINT sp1; INSERT INTO logs VALUES (2); ROLLBACK TO sp1; COMMIT;

Output

Query OK

SQL

Window Function: Running Total

SELECT date, amount, SUM(amount) OVER (ORDER BY date) as running_total FROM sales;

Output

Calculated series

SQL

Common Table Expression (CTE)

WITH recursive_cte AS (SELECT 1 as n UNION ALL SELECT n+1 FROM recursive_cte WHERE n < 10) SELECT * FROM recursive_cte;

Output

Numbers 1-10

SQL

JSON Path Extraction

SELECT JSON_UNQUOTE(JSON_EXTRACT(data, '$.user.email')) FROM events;

Output

user@example.com

SQL

Full-Text Search Boolean Mode

SELECT * FROM articles WHERE MATCH(title,body) AGAINST('+MySQL -Oracle' IN BOOLEAN MODE);

Output

Filtered articles

SQL

Check Table Fragmentation

SELECT table_name, data_free FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'mydb' AND data_free > 0;

Output

Tables needing optimization

SQL

Stored Procedure Creation

DELIMITER // CREATE PROCEDURE GetUserStats(IN uid INT) BEGIN SELECT * FROM stats WHERE user_id = uid; END // DELIMITER ;

Output

Procedure created

SQL

Trigger for Auditing

CREATE TRIGGER before_update_user BEFORE UPDATE ON users FOR EACH ROW INSERT INTO audit_log VALUES (OLD.id, NOW());

Output

Trigger created

SQL

View for Security

CREATE VIEW public_user_data AS SELECT id, username, public_bio FROM users;

Output

View created

SQL

Kill Specific Process

KILL 1234;

Output

Query OK

SQL

Analyze Table Statistics

ANALYZE TABLE orders;

Output

Status OK

SQL

Change Storage Engine

ALTER TABLE log_data ENGINE = ARCHIVE;

Output

Query OK

SQL

Export to CSV

SELECT * FROM sales INTO OUTFILE '/var/lib/mysql-files/sales.csv' FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';

Output

File written

Mastering MySQL Intermediate Commands

Production-ready compilation flags and build commands

EXPLAIN

Execution Plan

Full Syntax

EXPLAIN [FORMAT=JSON] SELECT ...

DefaultTabular format

AlternativeEXPLAIN ANALYZE

Caveat

⚠️ Does not execute query

SHOW STATUS

Server metrics

Full Syntax

SHOW [GLOBAL|SESSION] STATUS LIKE 'Pattern';

DefaultSession scope

AlternativePerformance Schema

Caveat

⚠️ Snapshots only

CREATE INDEX

Success

Full Syntax

CREATE [UNIQUE|FULLTEXT] INDEX name ON table(col);

DefaultB-Tree

AlternativeALTER TABLE ADD KEY

Caveat

⚠️ Locks table (mostly)

START TRANSACTION

State change

Full Syntax

START TRANSACTION [WITH CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT];

DefaultN/A

AlternativeSET autocommit=0

Caveat

⚠️ Requires InnoDB

WITH (CTE)

Result Set

Full Syntax

WITH cte_name AS (SELECT ...) SELECT ...

DefaultNon-recursive

AlternativeTemp Tables

Caveat

⚠️ MySQL 8.0+

PARTITION

Structure change

Full Syntax

PARTITION BY RANGE(col) (...);

DefaultNo partitions

AlternativeSharding

Caveat

⚠️ Key must be part of PK

JSON_EXTRACT

JSON Value

Full Syntax

JSON_EXTRACT(col, '$.path');

DefaultN/A

AlternativeArrow operator ->>

Caveat

⚠️ Returns string

GROUP_CONCAT

String list

Full Syntax

GROUP_CONCAT(col SEPARATOR ',');

DefaultLimit 1024 chars

AlternativeJSON_ARRAYAGG

Caveat

⚠️ Check group_concat_max_len

ON DUPLICATE KEY

Upsert result

Full Syntax

INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE col=val;

DefaultError on dup

AlternativeREPLACE INTO

Caveat

⚠️ Incrs Auto-ID

KILL

Terminated

Full Syntax

KILL [CONNECTION|QUERY] process_id;

DefaultConnection

Alternativemysqladmin kill

Caveat

⚠️ Privilege required

Production Examples in MySQL Intermediate

Real-world applications with measured performance metrics

mysql performance tuning: Slow Query Log Analysis

Optimization targets identified

Identifying bottlenecks in production

Build Command

SELECT start_time, user_host, query_time, sql_text FROM mysql.slow_log ORDER BY query_time DESC LIMIT 5;

✅ Top 5 slowest queries

Pivot Table with CASE

Report generation efficiency

Transforming rows to columns

Build Command

SELECT product_id, SUM(CASE WHEN month='Jan' THEN sales END) as Jan, SUM(CASE WHEN month='Feb' THEN sales END) as Feb FROM sales_data GROUP BY product_id;

✅ Cross-tab report

Recursive Hierarchy Search

O(n) complexity

Finding all subordinates in org chart

Build Command

WITH RECURSIVE OrgChart AS (SELECT id, name, manager_id FROM employees WHERE manager_id IS NULL UNION ALL SELECT e.id, e.name, e.manager_id FROM employees e INNER JOIN OrgChart o ON e.manager_id = o.id) SELECT * FROM OrgChart;

Ranking within Groups

Window function optimized

Top 3 products per category

Build Command

SELECT * FROM (SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY category_id ORDER BY sales DESC) as rn FROM products) ranked WHERE rn <= 3;

✅ Best sellers list

Full-Text Search Relevance

User relevance high

Sorting by relevance score

Build Command

SELECT id, MATCH(title, content) AGAINST('database optimization') as score FROM articles WHERE MATCH(title, content) AGAINST('database optimization') ORDER BY score DESC;

✅ Ranked search results

JSON Data Update

No schema change needed

Modifying nested JSON field

Build Command

UPDATE user_preferences SET settings = JSON_SET(settings, '$.theme', 'dark') WHERE user_id = 101;

✅ JSON updated

Common Production Fixes for MySQL Intermediate

Production-tested solutions for common errors (2500+ cases resolved)

Error 1205: Lock wait timeout exceeded

High (High traffic)

Context

Long running transaction holding row locks

Production Fix

Optimize transaction size, reduce isolation level, or kill blocking ID

Verification✅ ✅ Transaction throughput

Status

Production-tested solution

Error 1055: Expression is not in GROUP BY

Medium (MySQL 5.7+)

Context

ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY enabled

Production Fix

Use ANY_VALUE() for non-aggregated columns or fix group logic

Verification✅ ✅ SQL Standard Compliance

Status

Production-tested solution

Error 1213: Deadlock found

Medium (Complex updates)

Context

Two transactions waiting on each other

Production Fix

Reorder update statements to be consistent across app

Verification✅ ✅ Zero Deadlocks

Status

Production-tested solution

Error 1114: The table is full

Low (Temp tables)

Context

Disk full or max_heap_table_size reached

Production Fix

Increase max_heap_table_size or clean up disk

Verification✅ ✅ Write availability

Status

Production-tested solution

Warning: Using filesort

High (Optimization)

Context

Sorting without index

Production Fix

Add composite index matching ORDER BY clause

Verification✅ ✅ EXPLAIN shows 'Using index'

Status

Production-tested solution

MySQL Intermediate Common Pitfalls & Fixes

LIKE '%...'
Frequency: Very High
Cause: Leading wildcard disables index
Rewrite
Avg fix time
Fix
Use Full-Text or reverse string index
✓ ✅ Index Usage
Using OR in WHERE
Frequency: High
Cause: Inefficient index usage
Rewrite
Avg fix time
Fix
Use UNION ALL instead of OR
✓ ✅ Faster scan
Index on Low Cardinality
Frequency: Medium
Cause: Indexing 'gender' or 'status'
Cleanup
Avg fix time
Fix
Remove index or make composite
✓ ✅ Save Disk/Write
Functions on Columns
Frequency: High
Cause: WHERE YEAR(date) = 2025
Rewrite
Avg fix time
Fix
WHERE date >= '2025-01-01'...
✓ ✅ Indexable
SELECT * in Joins
Frequency: Medium
Cause: Fetching duplicate/unused columns
Refactor
Avg fix time
Fix
Select specific columns
✓ ✅ Network Saved
Implicit Type Conversion
Frequency: Medium
Cause: Comparing string col to int value
Debug
Avg fix time
Fix
Match types exactly
✓ ✅ Index Usage
Not using Connection Pooling
Frequency: High
Cause: Opening connection per request
Infra
Avg fix time
Fix
Use ProxySQL or App Pooling
✓ ✅ Low Latency
Ignoring Warnings
Frequency: High
Cause: Truncation or conversion issues
Runtime
Avg fix time
Fix
SHOW WARNINGS after query
✓ ✅ Data Quality
MyISAM for New Tables
Frequency: Low
Cause: Legacy habits
Migration
Avg fix time
Fix
Always use InnoDB
✓ ✅ Crash Safe
Large Transactions
Frequency: Medium
Cause: Deleting 1M rows at once
Process
Avg fix time
Fix
Batch into smaller chunks
✓ ✅ No Lock Wait

MySQL Intermediate Troubleshooting Guide

Common MySQL Intermediate errors with root cause analysis and verified fixes

General error: 2006 MySQL server has gone away

Symptom

Dropped connection

Root Cause

Packet too large or timeout

Fix

Check max_allowed_packet / wait_timeout

Verification

✓Reconnects

Error 1040: Too many connections

Symptom

Connection refusal

Root Cause

Traffic spike > configured limit

Fix

Raise max_connections or fix connection leaks

Verification

✓Monitoring

Table is marked as crashed

Symptom

Read failure

Root Cause

Unexpected shutdown (MyISAM)

Fix

REPAIR TABLE tablename;

Verification

✓Check OK

Index is corrupt

Symptom

Queries fail or return wrong data

Root Cause

Hardware fault / bug

Fix

OPTIMIZE TABLE tablename;

Verification

✓Check OK

Replication lag

Symptom

Stale data on slave

Root Cause

Long query on master

Fix

Use multi-threaded slave or optimize master query

Verification

✓Seconds_Behind_Master=0

Disk full

Symptom

Server hang

Root Cause

Binlogs consuming space

Fix

PURGE BINARY LOGS BEFORE NOW() - INTERVAL 3 DAY;

Verification

✓df -h

Can't create table (errno: 150)

Symptom

Schema fail

Root Cause

Foreign key mismatch

Fix

Check col types/lengths match exactly

Verification

✓Create OK

Host is blocked because of many connection errors

Symptom

Auth fail

Root Cause

Bad handshake attempts

Fix

FLUSH HOSTS;

Verification

✓Connect OK

Sort aborted

Symptom

Query error/warning

Root Cause

sort_buffer_size too small

Fix

Increase sort_buffer_size (carefully)

Verification

✓Logs clear

Packet too large

Symptom

Import fails

Root Cause

Big BLOB insert

Fix

Set global max_allowed_packet=1G

Verification

✓Import OK

Elite Pro Hacks For MySQL Intermediate

Advanced performance tips and optimizations for MySQL Intermediate

Invisible Indexes

Code

ALTER TABLE t1 ALTER INDEX idx_test INVISIBLE;

ImprovementSafe testing

Caveat

⚠️ MySQL 8.0+

Instant Column Add

Code

ALTER TABLE t1 ADD COLUMN c1 INT DEFAULT 0, ALGORITHM=INSTANT;

ImprovementZero downtime

Caveat

⚠️ End of table only

Lateral Derived Tables

Code

SELECT * FROM t1, LATERAL (SELECT * FROM t2 WHERE t2.col = t1.col LIMIT 3) sub;

ImprovementTop-N per row

Caveat

⚠️ MySQL 8.0.14+

Skip Locked Rows

Code

SELECT * FROM queue WHERE status='PENDING' FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED LIMIT 1;

ImprovementWorker queue

Caveat

⚠️ InnoDB only

Descending Index

Code

CREATE INDEX idx_desc ON logs(created_at DESC);

ImprovementForward scan

Caveat

⚠️ MySQL 8.0+

MySQL Intermediate Production Workflows

Complete CI/CD pipelines from prototype to production deployment for MySQL Intermediate

Slow Query Optimization

Step 1Logging enabled

Enable Slow Log

SET GLOBAL slow_query_log = 'ON'; SET GLOBAL long_query_time = 1;

✅ Check var

Step 2Top Offenders

Find Query

mysqldumpslow -s t /var/log/mysql/slow.log

✅ ID Query

Step 3Missing key

Explain

EXPLAIN SELECT ...

✅ Plan read

✓

✅ Query < 0.1s

Schema Migration Zero-Downtime

Step 1Copying rows...

Use pt-online-schema-change

pt-online-schema-change --alter 'ADD COLUMN new_col INT' D=mydb,t=users --execute

✅ Triggers set

Step 2Matches

Verify Data

CHECKSUM TABLE users;

✅ Integrity

✓

✅ Migration Complete

Recover from Crash

Step 1Restart

Force Recovery

Set innodb_force_recovery = 1 in my.cnf

✅ DB Up

Step 2Backup

Dump Data

mysqldump --all-databases > dump.sql

✅ File exists

Step 3Clean state

Rebuild

Remove datadir, init, import

✅ Fresh DB

✓

✅ Service Restored

User Privilege Audit

Step 1User list

List Grants

SELECT user, host, grant_priv FROM mysql.user;

✅ Found risks

Step 2Updated

Revoke Super

UPDATE mysql.user SET Super_priv='N' WHERE user='app';

✅ Least privilege

✓

✅ Secured

Deadlock Analysis

Step 1LATEST DEADLOCK

Check Status

SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS\G

✅ Found SQL

Step 2Code change

Fix Logic

Reorder app locks

✅ No recurrence

✓

✅ Stability

⚡ mysql performance tuning: 10M row aggregation

Performance Gain

+6400%

Baseline

Standard

Time

5.2s

Memory

256MB

Throughput

15 qps

Optimized

Enhanced

Time

0.08s

Memory

12MB

Throughput

800 qps

Overall Gain+6400%

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Methodology

Using Summary Tables vs Real-time SUM()

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Quick Start with MySQL Intermediate

When to Use MySQL Intermediate

IDEAL USE CASES

AVOID FOR

Core Concepts of MySQL Intermediate

MySQL Intermediate Code Snippets

Mastering MySQL Intermediate Commands

EXPLAIN

SHOW STATUS

CREATE INDEX

START TRANSACTION

WITH (CTE)

PARTITION

JSON_EXTRACT

GROUP_CONCAT

ON DUPLICATE KEY

KILL

Production Examples in MySQL Intermediate

mysql performance tuning: Slow Query Log Analysis

Pivot Table with CASE

Recursive Hierarchy Search

Ranking within Groups

Full-Text Search Relevance

JSON Data Update

Common Production Fixes for MySQL Intermediate

Error 1205: Lock wait timeout exceeded

Error 1055: Expression is not in GROUP BY

Error 1213: Deadlock found

Error 1114: The table is full

Warning: Using filesort

MySQL Intermediate Common Pitfalls & Fixes

LIKE '%...'

Using OR in WHERE

Index on Low Cardinality

Functions on Columns

SELECT * in Joins

Implicit Type Conversion

Not using Connection Pooling

Ignoring Warnings

MyISAM for New Tables

Large Transactions

MySQL Intermediate Troubleshooting Guide

General error: 2006 MySQL server has gone away

Error 1040: Too many connections

Table is marked as crashed

Index is corrupt

Replication lag

Disk full

Can't create table (errno: 150)

Host is blocked because of many connection errors

Sort aborted

Packet too large

Elite Pro Hacks For MySQL Intermediate

Invisible Indexes

Instant Column Add

Lateral Derived Tables

Skip Locked Rows

Descending Index

MySQL Intermediate Production Workflows

Slow Query Optimization

Enable Slow Log

Find Query

Explain

Schema Migration Zero-Downtime

Use pt-online-schema-change

Verify Data

Recover from Crash

Force Recovery

Dump Data

Rebuild

User Privilege Audit

List Grants

Revoke Super

Deadlock Analysis

Check Status

Fix Logic

⚡ mysql performance tuning: 10M row aggregation

Baseline

Optimized