[cdubzzz]

This talks a lot about 5.5 and mentions that 5.6 is “due out soon”. The current release series is 5.7. How much of this is outdated and how much has stayed the same?

[lstamour]

Some things are improving — for example: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/atomic-ddl.html

And https://mysqlserverteam.com/new-defaults-in-mysql-8-0/

Previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5122299

Personally, I only use MySQL and derivatives where I have to (basically WordPress.)

[dsp1234]

"Some statements cannot be rolled back. In general, these include data definition language (DDL) statements, such as those that create or drop databases, those that create, drop, or alter tables or stored routines." [0]

[0] - https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/cannot-roll-back.htm...