| Open MySQL Workbench |
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| Open Preferences |
Under Edit click Preferences:
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| Untick Safe Updates |
When the window opens, click on "SQL Editor" in the tree on the left. Scroll down to find the "Safe Updates" checkbox, untick this box and click OK:
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| Open Local Instance |
Double click on the shown local instance:![]() Enter the root password created during installation and click OK:
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| Open Options File |
Under "INSTANCE" click "Options File":
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| Update character-set-server |
In the General tab, under the International section, tick and update "character-set-server" with the following: utf8mb4
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| Update collation-server |
In the General tab, under the International section, tick and update "collation-server" with the following: utf8mb4_unicode_ci
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| Untick general_log_file |
Open the Logging tab![]() Under the General section, untick "general_log_file":
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| Set binlog-format to MIXED |
In the Logging tab, under the BinlogOptions section, tick and set the "binlog-format" value to "MIXED":
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| Increase innodb_log_file_size value |
Open the InnoDB tab:![]() Under the Logfiles section, set the "innodb_log_file_size" value to "256M": Please note: This is a recommended value, it may need to be increased if blob files being inserted into the database exceed this value. ![]() |
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| Increase max_allowed_packet value |
Open the Networking tab:![]()
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| Set net_buffer_length value |
In the Networking tab, under the Data / Memory size section, tick "net_buffer_length" and set the value to "1048576":
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| Increase max_connections value |
In the Networking tab, under the Advanced section, set the value of "max_connections" to "2048":
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| Apply changes |
When finished, click Apply in the bottom left and the following window will appear:![]() Click Yes to the following popup to complete making changes:
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| Open Startup / Shutdown |
Under the Instance section, click "Startup / Shutdown": ![]() The following pane will appear: ![]() |
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| Click Stop Server |
Click Stop server and wait for the server check to complete:
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| Click Start Server |
Click Start Server, and wait until the green "running" has appeared:
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MySQL Options for 3.3
Updated on December 9th, 2022

























