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10.9 preview feature: JSON path expression and JSON_OVERLAPS()
The MariaDB 10.9 preview releases introduce a MySQL compatibility syntax extension, range notation. The ‘last’ keyword was added in JSON path expression, as requested in MDEV-22224 and MDEV-27911. Additionally, negative indexes are now also supported. Range notation, implemented using the ‘to’ keyword, and the ‘last’ keyword, is basically an array element selector.
Syntax:
Range notation:[M to N] selects a range of elements starting from index M to N.Last keyword:[last-N] / [last] selects the Nth from last element, and last element, […]
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MariaDB 10.9 preview releases now available
We are pleased to announce the third MariaDB series release under the new release model, MariaDB 10.9.0.
Maturing MariaDB more quickly
One of the purposes of the new model is to get features into the hands of users more quickly, in a form which supports stability by allowing the new feature to be more easily tested, separate from other new features being developed at the same time.
Candidate features for MariaDB 10.9
There are four separate preview releases, containing the […]
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Start MariaDB in K8s
This is the first in a series of blogs explaining how to use MariaDB in Kubernetes (K8s), as well as explaining some important concepts of K8s and of MariaDB.
This blog explains how to start MariaDB as a stateless application in K8s using the CLI and explores different commands you can run on your CLI.
The prerequisites are that you have installed kubectl (which will also install Docker runtime) and minikube (local K8s).
Let’s first start the minikube
The Pod […]
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New Sponsor: Schaffhausen Institute of Technology
Good news from and for MariaDB Foundation: in Schaffhausen Institute of Technology (SIT), we have a new Platinum Sponsor. With the additional funds and with the insights provided by Serguei Beloussov, who will work with the MariaDB Foundation on the board level, we expect to improve our ability to further the MariaDB Foundation mission related to our values of Openness, Adoption, and Continuity.
Introducing SIT
This event marks a first in our work with sponsors, given that our top-level sponsor […]
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We stand with Ukraine
This is a difficult blog entry to write. It involves war. But not a flame war. A real war where people are dying. Innocent people. You have all seen the pictures and videos, it is not my task to describe that.
MariaDB Foundation has been slow to react. This is because we have strong ties to both Ukrainian and Russian developers and we want to do the right thing, as individuals and as the Foundation. Let it be perfectly clear […]
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Security: MariaDB Server MiniFest 30 March 2022 – CfP
Mark your calendars! On Wed 30 March 2022 Wed 6 April 2022, we will have the first MariaDB Server MiniFest of the year. The theme of the day is security, in all its shapes and forms – as long as it is relevant to the MariaDB Server user base.
Call for Papers
Submit your paper by 1 March 2022, if your work on security is of interest to the MariaDB ecosystem. We have ongoing discussions with a number of great […]
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MariaDB 10.8.2 RC and MariaDB 10.7.3, 10.6.7, 10.5.15, 10.4.24, 10.3.34 and 10.2.43 now available
The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 10.8.2, a release candidate in the MariaDB 10.8 series, MariaDB 10.7.3, a Generally Available release in the MariaDB 10.7 series (maintained for one year), as well as MariaDB 10.6.7, MariaDB 10.5.15, MariaDB 10.4.24, MariaDB 10.3.34 and MariaDB 10.2.43, the latest stable releases in their respective series.
These primarily fix a problem in last week’s releases when manually running mariadb-upgrade. See MDEV-27789, and the release notes and changelogs for details.
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MariaDB 10.8.1 RC and MariaDB 10.7.2, 10.6.6, 10.5.14, 10.4.23, 10.3.33 and 10.2.42 now available
2022 is off to a flying start and there are seven new MariaDB Server releases to kick things off. The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 10.8.1, the first release candidate in the MariaDB 10.8 series, MariaDB 10.7.2, the first Generally Available release in the MariaDB 10.7 series (maintained for one year), as well as MariaDB 10.6.6, MariaDB 10.5.14, MariaDB 10.4.23, MariaDB 10.3.33 and MariaDB 10.2.42, the latest stable releases in their respective series.
See the […]