In the rapidly evolving world of automotive aftermarket data, accuracy, speed, and accessibility are not just advantages—they are necessities. For workshops, spare parts dealers, and fleet managers, the name TECDOC (from TecAlliance) is synonymous with the global standard for vehicle and spare parts data.
-- New: Optimized for VIN decoding CREATE INDEX idx_vehicle_engine ON tecdoc_new.vehicles (make_id, model_id, engine_code) USING BTREE; -- New: JSON index for attributes CREATE INDEX idx_attr_json ON tecdoc_new.articles ((CAST(attributes->>'$.length' AS UNSIGNED))); A major Dutch e-commerce parts platform recently reported the following results after switching to the "TECDOC MySQL New" stack: tecdoc mysql new
For businesses ready to modernize, start with a staging environment using MySQL 8.0.39+ and the latest loader scripts. Measure your query performance. You will likely find that the "new" MySQL stack outperforms many legacy paid solutions. In the rapidly evolving world of automotive aftermarket
Have you migrated your TECDOC database recently? Share your experience with the tecdoc-mysql-new tag in our community forum. The future of aftermarket data is open, fast, and relational—and it runs on MySQL. Disclaimer: TECDOC is a registered trademark of TecAlliance GmbH. This article is a technical guide for developers and integrators and is not an official TecAlliance publication. Measure your query performance
CREATE DATABASE tecdoc_new CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci; Use the open-source tecdoc-mysql-loader available on GitHub.
| Metric | Old Setup (MySQL 5.7 / No partitioning) | New Setup (MySQL 8.0 / Partitioning + JSON) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | 4.2 seconds | 0.4 seconds | | Database Size | 180 GB | 110 GB (due to JSON deduplication) | | Daily Sync Time | 6 hours | 1.5 hours | | Concurrent Users | 50 | 500+ |
However, as databases grow into the tens of gigabytes and query demands become millisecond-sensitive, traditional file-based access or legacy SQL structures often fail to keep up. This is where the industry is shifting its focus toward the architecture.