MySQL 8.0.1: Using SKIP LOCKED and NOWAIT to handle hot rows

MySQL 8.0.1: Using SKIP LOCKED and NOWAIT to handle hot rows

MySQL 8.0.1 introduces two new features which allow you to better manage situations where you have tables with hot row contention.  This issue frequently presents itself in scenarios such as worker threads all accessing the same tables trying to find new work, and ecommerce websites trying to keep accurate inventory counts.…

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