Category: Development
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MariaDB 11.0 – new optimizer, new major version series
MariaDB Foundation announces the release of MariaDB Server 11.0, an important milestone in the development of MariaDB Server.
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Writing User-Defined Functions in Rust
One of the most straightforward ways to add functionality to MariaDB or MySQL server instances is by creating a user-defined function (UDF). These are compiled functions loaded from dynamic binaries that can be much more performant and flexible than what can be written in SQL, providing the same capabilities as builtin functions.
These UDFs are typically written in C or C++, but a library is now available that makes it easy to write them in Rust. This blog discusses some […]
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Going for a Code of Conduct
It may be long overdue, but based on recent events, we have launched Code of Conduct project at MariaDB Foundation. Our aim is to get your feedback and define a CoC, ideally by end of January, if we see convergence.
In the meantime, if we see unacceptable behaviour on the MariaDB mailing list or elsewhere, we will take action. We want to extend our apology to those who have had unpleasant experiences, about which we have done nothing in the […]
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replicate_rewrite_db as a system variable in MariaDB
MariaDB 10.11.0, our latest preview release, features quite a number of improvements. The one we’ll talk about here is replicate-rewrite-db. This option has become a system variable from 10.11.0 based on MDEV-15530. Before this version it was just an option used by the mariadbd and mariadb-binlog binaries. There have been no behaviour changes with the option; it has simply become a dynamic variable.
How to try out this feature
The fastest way is to take MariaDB 10.11 for a spin […]
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GRANT TO PUBLIC in MariaDB
MariaDB 10.11.0, our latest preview release, features quite a number of improvements. The one we’ll talk about today is GRANT … TO PUBLIC.
Background
MariaDB has quite a complex privilege system. Most of it is based on the SQL Standard spec; however we do have some specific MariaDB extensions. GRANT … TO PUBLIC (MDEV-5215) is a standard feature that is now available as a preview in MariaDB 10.11.0. It is related to ROLES and DEFAULT ROLE, but it covers a […]
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Regressions in recent MariaDB Server releases
Our most recent MariaDB Server release introduced some regressions starting with the 10.6 series, affecting 10.7 – 10.9 as well. This blog post is here to explain the problems in hopes that the impact is minimized. We are likely going to release a new version of MariaDB correcting these problems soon.
InnoDB Full Text Index on tables causes an assertion error (MDEV-29342)
There was a bug in the InnoDB Storage Engine where the full text index could go out of […]
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The Path to Code Contributions in MariaDB Server
I have been working for the MariaDB Foundation as the Chief Contributions Officer for a couple of weeks and it is fantastic being part of the MariaDB family again. Part of my job is to help the community massage pull requests into something that we can merge. I am, however, finding that one of the worst parts of my job is having to say “no” to contributions that clearly took a lot of time and effort on the part of […]
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Contribution Wish List
Would you like to contribute to the MariaDB Server code base, its feature set, its quality? Here’s what you can do to help – in other words, here’s our Contribution Wish List
Scratching your own itch
The assumption around code contributions is usually that the code contributor extends the product in a direction that corresponds to the contributor’s own needs, which in turn are close to the needs of other users. “Scratching your own itch” is the phrase commonly used.