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Cloud SQL for MySQL is a fully-managed database service that helps you set up, maintain, manage, and administer your MySQL relational databases on Google Cloud Platform. For information specific to MySQL, see the MySQL documentation or learn more about Cloud SQL for MySQL.

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Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

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Converting and optimizing queries from Oracle Database to Cloud SQL for MySQL

Discusses the basic query differences between Oracle® and Cloud SQL for MySQL, and how features in Oracle map to features in Cloud SQL for MySQL.

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Migrating Oracle users to Cloud SQL for MySQL: Terminology and functionality

Part of a series that provides key information and guidance related to planning and performing Oracle 11g/12c database migrations to Cloud SQL for MySQL version 5.7, second-generation instances.

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Data residency overview

Learn how to use Cloud SQL to enforce data residency requirements for data.

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Use Secret Manager to handle secrets in Cloud SQL

Learn how to use Secret Manager to store sensitive information about Cloud SQL instances and users as secrets.

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Python SQLAlchemy

Use SQLAlchemy with your Cloud SQL for MySQL database

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Node.js sample

Connecting to your Cloud SQL for MySQL database in Node.js

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PHP PDO

Connecting your Cloud SQL for MySQL database using PHP PDO

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Go web app sample

Simple examples of connecting to Cloud SQL for MySQL using Go

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.NET sample

This sample application demonstrates how to store data in Google Cloud SQL with a MySQL database when running in Google App Engine Flexible Environment.

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Java servlet

Connecting to Cloud SQL for MySQL from a Java application

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Terraform for Cloud SQL networking

Use Terraform to create Cloud SQL for MySQL instances with private networking options.

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