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J. W. KroghMySQL 8 Query Performance Tuninghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5584-1_11

11. MySQL Workbench

Jesper Wisborg Krogh1 
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Hornsby, NSW, Australia
 

MySQL Workbench is Oracle’s graphical user interface for querying and managing MySQL Server. It can be seen as one of the two Swiss army knives for working with MySQL, with the other being MySQL Shell that is discussed in the next chapter.

The main feature of MySQL Workbench is the query mode where you can execute queries. There are however also several other features such as the performance reports, Visual Explain, the ability to manage the configuration and inspect the schema, and more.

If you compare MySQL Workbench with MySQL Enterprise Monitor, then MySQL Enterprise ...

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