Before exploring the "new" MySQL implementations, let's recap. TECDOC is the master database containing technical data for over 5 million vehicle variants and 20 million spare parts. It includes:
Historically, accessing this data required dedicated middleware (like TecDoc WebService or TecDoc One) or proprietary file dumps (SQL Server or XML). tecdoc mysql new
Unlike normalized standard databases, TecDoc data arrives in a highly specific format (often fixed-width text files or XML). The structure is hierarchical: In a "New" TecDoc installation, the shift is
In a "New" TecDoc installation, the shift is often from legacy MyISAM tables to modern InnoDB engines to support foreign keys and transactions. In a "New" TecDoc installation
-- Criteria (specs) – use JSON for flexibility CREATE TABLE vehicle_criteria ( vehicle_id INT, criteria_name VARCHAR(50), criteria_value VARCHAR(200), PRIMARY KEY (vehicle_id, criteria_name), FOREIGN KEY (vehicle_id) REFERENCES vehicles(vehicle_id) );
-- Import log CREATE TABLE import_log ( id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, source_file VARCHAR(255), imported_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, rows_processed INT );