Version 9.0 of MySQL comes with major new features: The innovation release offers JavaScript functions for SQL and a vector type for AI friends.

The MySQL driver, like Bun itself, is written in Zig. Bun.secrets, also new in this release, is a native secrets manager for CLI (command-line interface) tools and local development.

MySQL-JavaScript unlocks opportunities in application design that once were constrained by a tradeoff, Oracle said. JavaScript stored programs let developers sidestep data movement and implement ...