MariaDB 13 Expands Oracle Compatibility and Improves Developer Experience and Observability
MariaDB Community Server 13.0 has reached General Availability (GA) and is now officially stable. This release introduces a range of new features, deprecations, and performance improvements, including expanded support for procedural SQL, new DML capabilities, and more. By Sergio De Simone
MariaDB 13.0 has reached General Availability (GA) and is now officially stable, introducing a range of new features, deprecations, and performance improvements. Key enhancements include expanded support for procedural SQL with native support for REF CURSOR types and RECORD types in routine parameters and function return values.
This compatibility with Oracle PL/SQL makes the transition of Oracle PL/SQL-based enterprise applications smoother. Additionally, MariaDB 13 introduces a more straightforward way to work with data modified by UPDATE statements through the RETURNING clause, which can now return the set of modified rows using the OLD_VALUE() function.
This improvement allows developers to retrieve both old and new values in a single database round trip.
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