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10.7.0 Comes As Preview Releases
Now is the time to try out the new candidate features of MariaDB Server 10.7, the next release series of MariaDB! This blog describes how the new preview releases work, and where we need your help as a MariaDB user. …
ServerFest Two Weeks Later
Update your calendars: The MariaDB ServerFest has moved to be two weeks later, Tue-Wed 5.-6. October 2021. We hope the new dates fit your calendar!
Technical reasons
The postponement is due to what is usually called “technical reasons”, which is an expression intended to obscure any underlying facts. …
10.7 preview feature: CONVERT PARTITION
If you are using table partitioning, you have likely heard of the ALTER TABLE … EXCHANGE PARTITION … WITH TABLE … command. It existed in MariaDB since forever. …
10.7 preview feature: Python-like string formatting
Sometimes there is a need to combine data from different columns into one string. For example,
This doesn’t look too bad, but can quickly get out of hand, if you need to do something more complex than that. …
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10.7 preview feature JSON Histograms
MariaDB has had support for histograms as part of Engine Independent Table Statistics since 10.0. As part of Google Summer of Code (MDEV-21130), Michael Okoko, together with his mentor Sergey Petrunia, have implemented a new format (using JSON) for histograms that significantly improves the accuracy and flexibility of histograms. …
10.7 preview feature: Compression Provider Plugins
MariaDB has been using a pluggable storage engine architecture for a long time and whilst this means great flexibility in choosing and managing the right storage engines for specific use cases, it also means they are easier to develop and therefore there’s an expectation that more engines will be created. …
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10.7 preview feature: Natural sort
Natural sort order is the ordering of strings in alphabetical order, while numbers are treated as numbers. This understanding of sorting is closer to human comprehension than to a machine. …
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