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Does that comment say I'm listing features only available in MySQL Enterprise Edition?

It does say that one feature you’re listing is not really sensible to use without the Enterprise Edition, but you’re right, it does not say that. Original comment redacted.

It is, in fact sensible without Enterprise Edition. The only thing it says is that page-level encryption in Community Edition is not intended as a regulatory compliance solution. Nothing more, nothing less.

Even in case you care about regulatory compliance, there are other options besides Enterprise Edition.

What are the other options, and when would page-level encryption in Community Edition be useful?

If I'm understanding it correctly, page-level encryption is to protect against someone gaining access to the DB server and copying the files off it. If the key is stored in a file on this DB server, I might as well not bother encrypting the pages.

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