Note that this is not related to MySQL version as a simple query like SELECT id, ROW_NUMBER() OVER w AS 'row_number' FROM news_items WINDOW w AS (ORDER BY id); works like a charm.

When MySQL has a syntax error, it says something like "syntax error near...". It tends to take me a friggin half an hour to find out I forgot a comma ...

While SingleStore claims to be highly compatible with MySQL, it has some differences that may make it difficult to use the same client library against both MySQL and SingleStore. For now, I think I ...

Syntax errors can be really annoying. In this article, we're going over a few fixes for the 'syntax error near unexpected token' issue.

The whole MySQL database creation script runs out of steam before it even starts. The main issue at hand in this scenario is an old dialect class that’s incompatible with the MySQL installation. A ...

Some users have been experiencing the "Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly" error message when they try to start the MySQL server through the XAMPP web ...