Disadvantages of Using MySQL

Pre-requisites: MySQL- Introduction

MySQL is an open-source Relational Database Management System that stores data in a structured format using rows and columns.  MYSQL language is easy to use as compared to other programming languages like C, C++, Java, etc. By learning some basic commands we can work, create and interact with the Database.

MySQL is an Open Source Relational Database Management System(RDBMS) developed by Oracle. It is widely used by Backend Developers for Data Storage but it also has many disadvantages. Some of them are as follows:

1. MySQL is inefficient for places where we need to store very large data.

2. MySQL does not have good developing and debugging tools as compared to other databases.

3. It does not support SQL check constraints.

4. It is inefficient in handling transactions as it is prone to data corruption.

5. It does not support ROLE, COMMIT, and Stored procedures in versions less than 5.0.

6. MySQL is hard to scale. It doesn’t support auto Sharding, you need to maintain the nodes manually.

7. MySQL has weak stored procedures.

8. It is very difficult to install a consistent database cluster with MySQL.

9. Group by function does not work the way they are intended to.

10. Some Errors are misleading.

11. Correlated Subquery does not work as intended.

11. The development is not community driven.

12. Developers may find some of its limitations very difficult.