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title: "MariaDB 10.0.8 Overview and Highlights"
publish_date: 2014-02-11
author: "MariaDB"
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# MariaDB 10.0.8 Overview and Highlights

MariaDB 10.0.8 was recently released as RC (“Release Candidate”), and is available for download here: <https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.0.8/> This is the first RC release of MariaDB 10.0. It is primarily a bug-fix and polishing release, and all features planned for MariaDB 10.0 GA are included in this release. There were 6 notable changes in MariaDB 10.0.8:

1. InnoDB upgraded to version 5.6.14
2. [FLUSH … FOR EXPORT](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/flush-tables-for-export/) works
3. Added a new server variable, [old\_mode](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/server-system-variables/#old_mode), to allow selectively restoring old behavior, in contrast to the old “all-or-nothing” approach of the –old command-line option. See [OLD MODE](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/old_mode/) for more.
4. Added a new read-only server variable [malloc\_library](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/server-system-variables/#malloc_version)
5. Bundled [PCRE library](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/pcre-regular-expressions/) upgraded to version 8.34
6. The [CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/create-table/#create-or-replace) statement was added. It is used internally for replicating CREATE … SELECT statements ([MDEV-5491](https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-5491)), but it is also can be used by clients as any other SQL statement.

You can read more about the 10.0.8 release here: <https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-1008-release-notes/> And if interested, you can review the full list of changes in 10.0.8 (changelogs) here: <https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-1008-changelog/> Hope this helps.