The document provides an overview of the MySQL Document Store, which allows for schemaless storage of documents as JSON objects in MySQL tables. Key points include:
- It uses the MySQL JSON data type and existing MySQL server technology to provide a flexible document model while retaining features like ACID transactions and SQL support.
- Documents can be over 1GB in size and stored as columns in rows.
- The X DevAPI provides language connectors for easy CRUD operations on document collections without using SQL.
- This allows a document-oriented model with the reliability, tools, and ecosystem of MySQL.