Since 8.0.16, MySQL Server supports a --validate-config option that enables the startup configuration to be checked for problems without running the server in normal operational mode.
--validate-config can be used any time, but is particularly useful after an upgrade, to check whether any options previously used with the older server are considered by the upgraded server to be deprecated or obsolete.

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MySQL (really) supports CHECK CONSTRAINT since version 8.0.16. In this article I will show you 2 things: - An elegant way to simulate check constraint in MySQL 5.7 & 8.0. - How easy & convenient it is to use CHECK constraints in 8.0.16.

Since MySQL 5.7 one can put indexes on expressions, aka functional indexes, using generated columns. Basically you first need to use the generated column to define the functional expression, then indexed this column.

Quite useful when dealing with JSON functions, you can find an example here and the documentation there.

Starting with MySQL 8.0.13 we have now an easiest way to create functional indexes (or functional key parts as mentioned in the documentation) \o/

Let’s see how with a quick practical example.