Oracle recently announced that the MySQL database server now supports JavaScript functions and procedures. JavaScript for stored routines is currently in preview and only available in the MySQL ...

The MySQL stored program language can be used to create functions that can be called from standard SQL. This allows you to encapsulate complex application calculations in a function and then use that ...

Prepared statements avoid the process of compiling, parsing and running a stored procedure or inline SQL statement in your code. The PHP prepared statement function speeds up the application ...