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Rarely is it necessary to use in SQL server. Query terminator is a semicolon and tells SQL server where a query ends. Batch terminator is the go command and tells Microsoft clients to send the text we typed to SQL server. When it comes to delimiters, SQL server uses batch terminator and query terminator. When initially forked from MySQL, executable commands were also available for MySQL. These are used to write generic queries that are executed by MariaDB and only certain versions. MariaDB also supports executable comments. It’s flags shouldn’t affect compatibility with SQL Server. old_mode is very similar to sql_mode but instead it provides compatibility with older MariaDB versions. There’s a variable called sql_mode that consists of comma-separated list of flags, each flag being a different aspect of SQL syntax. While there are a lot of commands that transfer over from MySQL to MariaDB, there is still quite a few differences in syntax as MariaDB has grown over the years. We do offer extended support on EOL versions for additional costs. When a version reaches EOL for OpenLogic, we go with the communities decision and end support for that version, while fulfilling support on any open contracts. It may be possible to get EOL support with MySQL enterprise, but that is not confirmed. OpenLogic’s rule is to support the latest major branch and 3 versions back. MariaDB and MySQL support several versions that vary from the latest and greatest to several versions back. Just like all open source software, there are expiration dates tied to every release, and no release lasts forever. While it is still rather easy to migrate from MySQL to MariaDB, the 10.X versions of Maria are not considered “drop in.” Community Support Lifecycle In recent times, because of how much MariaDB is pulling away from MySQL, it appears that MariaDB is releasing more frequently, as their latest releases came November 8th, 2021 while 8.0.27 of MySQL was released back in October. Versioning and Release CadenceĬurrently MariaDB has releases beginning with 10 while the community edition of MySQL is still on 8.

MySQL by default enables the validate_password plugin, increasing security, while MariaDB does not. MariaDB by default also offers support for AWS key management plugins, MySQL only supports those plugins in the enterprise edition.

MariaDB opted not to implement this because they believed it to not be part of the SQL standard. One thing that MySQL does that MariaDB does not is offer support for JSON datatypes. Both were written in C and C++, but MariaDB has in some ways taken the lead by being better performing, it’s capabilities in handling large amounts of data, faster privilege checks, features like binary encryption and temporary table space and more. It’s true that MariaDB is by design a drop-in replacement to MySQL. What we now have are two near identical products with different licensing options to meet just about anyone's needs. When Oracle was in the process of acquiring MySQL, certain developers had the foresight to fork the project into MariaDB to maintain it’s open source availability to the community.

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Neither idea is good or bad in nature, simply two different working models we see in the software ecosystem. Others take a more altruistic philosophy and create a community around the idea that the software is for the greater good and should be distributed freely and openly for all. Some tools are created by businesses and the sole intent is to sell that product and grow the business. When software is created, there is often a long term vision for how that software will exist in the world. In this blog, we compare MariaDB and MySQL, including differences in syntax, performance, support, release cadence, and discuss when to use MariaDB vs when to use MySQL. For those looking at open source relational database management systems, comparing MySQL vs MariaDB will be a valuable exercise.

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Often the decision can come down to a single feature or functionality that aligns well with the needs of the application or system, or even a license type that aligns better with the business goals. Finding the right database can be hard - open source or otherwise.