Release Notes for MariaDB Xpand 5.3.14

Overview

MariaDB Xpand is a distributed SQL database. This release of MariaDB Xpand is a maintenance release.

MariaDB Xpand 5.3.14 was released on 2021-03-15.

This release note pertains to MariaDB Xpand version 5.3.14.

Notable Changes

  • Added support for TLS 1.1 and later.

  • Added support for SHOW COLUMNS/FIELDS WHERE.

  • Added global variable have_statement_timeout

  • Added global variable net_read_timeout.

  • The global value of the binlog_format system variable is now changeable.

  • The output of the SHOW FIELDS statement now shows when a default value is NULL

  • The output of the SHOW BINARY LOGS statement now matches the output in ES.

  • Values of several columns in the COLUMNS information schema table are now improved:

    • The PRIVILEGES column is no longer NULL

    • The EXTRA column shows an empty string instead of NULL

    • The column_key column is now filled out correctly.

Issues Fixed

Can result in data loss

  • In Xpand, upgrading from previous releases to 5.3.13 could cause binlogs to be unusable.

  • In Xpand, INSERT...SELECT incorrectly overwrote a value when the destination column is AUTO_UNIQUE

  • In Xpand, datetime or timestamp columns that used ON UPDATE NOW(6) were not updated correctly.

Can result in unexpected behavior

  • In Xpand, casting strings to ENUMs resulted in a compiler error.

  • In Xpand, intermittent issue could prevent successful installation due to "Relation not found" error.

  • In Xpand, an issue could prevent SHA256 password authentication from working properly.

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