The upgrade features advanced querying capabilities through subqueries, faster and more flexible client-server communication, and new installation and configuration tools. Security also is improved and support has been added for international character sets and geographic data, the company said. . . .
The upgrade features advanced querying capabilities through subqueries, faster and more flexible client-server communication, and new installation and configuration tools. Security also is improved and support has been added for international character sets and geographic data, the company said.

The subqueries and derived tables feature allows users to more easily search complex data sets. A new GUI installer and configuration wizards for Linux and Windows make it easier to set up and optimize databases, according to MySQL.

"We're continuing to add a lot of the enterprise capabilities that people are looking for, like subqueries and prepared statements," said Zack Urlocker, vice president of marketing at MySQL. "We continue to improve the performance and make it easier to use with every single release."

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