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MariaDB Foundation Welcomes Rumahweb as a Silver Sponsor
We are thrilled to announce that Rumahweb, one of Indonesia’s most trusted and long-standing web hosting providers, has joined the MariaDB Foundation as a Silver Sponsor.
Founded in 2002, Rumahweb has built a reputation for reliability, innovation, and a strong commitment to customer support. With a wide range of offerings — including shared hosting, VPS, cloud hosting, and domain services — Rumahweb empowers individuals, SMEs, and large enterprises alike to succeed in the digital space. Backed by 24/7 professional technical […]
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Per-table unique FOREIGN KEY constraint names – new feature in MariaDB 12.1
For historical reasons, the handling of FOREIGN KEY constraints in MariaDB Server is somewhat peculiar. Unlike CHECK constraints, which are being enforced at the query execution layer for all tables, FOREIGN KEY constraint definitions will simply be ignored unless the underlying storage engine supports them.
The storage engine is not only responsible for enforcing referential integrity between tables, but also storing the constraint definitions. Currently, InnoDB is the only storage engine that supports foreign key constraints, between persistent, non-partitioned tables.
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Make JSON DEPTH unlimited – new feature in MariaDB 12.1
At some point, nearly every developer encounters a common challenge: working with deeply nested JSON only to run into an arbitrary depth limit imposed by the database. In our case, that hard cap was set at 32 levels — sufficient for many scenarios but too restrictive for more complex or dynamic data structures. To address this, we decided to remove the limitation entirely.
The database now supports JSON documents and JSON paths with virtually unlimited nesting! This change unlocks the […]
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Bringing Oracle’s Associative Arrays to MariaDB
One of the standout features of Oracle PL/SQL is the associative array — a versatile and efficient in-memory data structure that developers rely on for fast temporary lookups, streamlined batch processing, and dynamic report generation.
With the MariaDB 12.1 preview release, we’re excited to announce that associative arrays have landed in MariaDB as part of our growing set of Oracle compatibility features. This milestone, tracked under MDEV-34319, brings Oracle-style associative arrays into the MariaDB procedural language — complete with native […]
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Hetzner Becomes Gold Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation: Powering Our Build Infrastructure
We are delighted to welcome Hetzner as a Gold Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation!
Hetzner’s exceptional commitment to supporting our infrastructure has a direct and strategic impact on our operations. In particular, their sponsorship enables us to maintain and expand our Buildbot system — the backbone of testing and verifying MariaDB Server across platforms, architectures, and configurations. You can explore it live here: https://mariadb.org/mariadb-buildbot.
Building MariaDB, Bit by Bit
Buildbot is essential to the MariaDB Foundation’s mission. It ensures that […]
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Nextcloud joins MariaDB Foundation as Silver Sponsor, strengthening the European open source backbone
We are proud to welcome Nextcloud GmbH to the MariaDB Foundation sponsor family as a Silver Sponsor. As the world’s most popular privacy-focused platform for secure file sharing, collaboration, and communication, Nextcloud stands as a pillar of digital sovereignty — a value that resonates deeply with MariaDB Foundation’s mission.
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MariaDB 12.1 preview available
We are pleased to announce the availability of a preview of the MariaDB 12.1 series. MariaDB 12.1 will be a rolling release.
MariaDB 12.1 introduces numerous new features, in particular
Performance improvements
Compatibility features
Miscellaneous
Download MariaDB 12.1 preview
Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB!
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Crest Infosolutions LLC Joins MariaDB Foundation as Silver Sponsor
Accelerating Digital Transformation Through Open Source Innovation
The MariaDB Foundation is proud to welcome Crest Infosolutions LLC as a Silver Sponsor, marking a significant step forward in fostering enterprise-grade open-source adoption. This partnership underscores Crest’s mission to deliver robust, secure, and scalable technologies that empower global organizations to thrive in the era of digital transformation.
Driving Open Source Adoption Across Enterprises
Crest Infosolutions brings over a decade of experience in delivering open-source excellence to its clients. Crest is already a […]