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MariaDB doesn't have a commitment to binary compatibility with MySQL, though. For a time it was marketed as a drop-in replacement, but that has been increasingl
by evanelias 3y ago
MariaDB doesn't have a commitment to binary compatibility with MySQL, though. For a time it was marketed as a drop-in replacement, but that has been increasingly untrue for over a decade now.
- sdsd 3y agoAha, I didn't know that. Looks like the marketing worked too well on me! In any case, the lie of drop-in compatibility at least I think led some people to look for alternatives that wouldn't be hampered by Oracle-era MySQL.
- duozerk 3y agoI didn't either until it bit me in the ass a few months back - often it's shitty proprietary software being only compatible with "genuine" (oracle) MySQL.
- evanelias 3y agoTo be fair to vendors, it's increasingly difficult to maintain compatibility with both! Here's my very long rundown of the differences in tables/DDL alone: https://www.skeema.io/blog/2023/05/10/mysql-vs-mariadb-schema/ https://www.skeema.io/blog/2023/05/10/mysql-vs-mariadb-schem... ...and that doesn't even account for differences in global variables/configuration, SQL syntax, functions, replication, etc.
- duozerk 3y agoThis is very informative, thank you.