One of the many great new features included in MySQL 5.7 is the generated column. A generated column is a column in a table where the data is calculated for...
One of the many great new features included in MySQL 5.7 is the generated column. A generated column is a column in a table where the data is calculated for you, based on an expression that you provide. To understand the benefits of using generated columns, let's consider a very simple example. Imagine that I want to find out how many new hires my organization had in the year 2000. Here's my table: mysql> DESC...
One of the many great new features included in MySQL 5.7 is the generated column. A generated column is a column in a table where the data is calculated for you, based on an expression that...
