MySQL 5.1 Released GA
December 1st, 2008
MySQL version 5.1 was released today as GA (Generally Available) which means that you can feel safe in using it in a production environment. Of course, any DBA worth their weight in salt should always test any new version personally before flipping the proverbial switch. If there is no need to upgrade (you don’t need the new features) then there is no reason to take the risk. As MySQL founder Monty points out on his blog, no release is perfect and 5.1 still has some bugs left in this release which, he feels, should have been addressed a while ago.
Here are some of the highlight new features in MySQL 5.1:
- Federated tables
- Partitioning
- Row-based replication
- Event scheduler
- MySQL Cluster updated and now available as separate product
For a more complete list and details see the MySQL 5.1 official new features page.