VERSION

Syntax

Description

Returns a string that indicates the MariaDB server version. The string uses the utf8 character set.

Examples

The VERSION() string may have one or more of the following suffixes:

Changing the Version String

Some old legacy code may break because they are parsing theVERSION string and expecting a MySQL string or a simple version string like Joomla til API17, see .

You can fool these applications by setting the version string from the command line or the my.cnf files with .

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