Pl/Sql on FromDual GmbH

MariaDB sql_mode = 'oracle'

oli.sennhauser@fromdual.com (Oli Sennhauser) — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:15:22 +0000

MariaDB has some time ago introduced or reused the sql_mode = 'oracle'. What they basically try to do is to implement a subset of the Oracle PL/SQL language. Because we receive more and more request from customers about MariaDB’s Oracle PL/SQL it is worth investigating a bit more in this feature and summarize the state of the art of this topic in this article.

MariaDB PL/SQL Examples

oli.sennhauser@fromdual.com (Oli Sennhauser) — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 21:49:04 +0000

Before you start

SQL> SET SESSION sql_mode='ORACLE';

Infinite Loop Example

DELIMITER /

BEGIN

LOOP
 SELECT 'Hello world from MariaDB anonymous PL/SQL block!';
END LOOP; 

END;
/

DELIMITER ;

Select Hello World FromDual with MariaDB PL/SQL

oli.sennhauser@fromdual.com (Oli Sennhauser) — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 23:36:05 +0000

MariaDB 10.3 was released GA a few weeks ago. One of the features which interests me most is the MariaDB Oracle PL/SQL compatibility mode.

How good is MySQL INSERT TRIGGER performance

oli.sennhauser@fromdual.com (Oli Sennhauser) — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:08:36 +0000

Abstract: In this article we discuss how big is the performance impact of MySQL TRIGGERs compared to application side logging (with INSERT) into a MySQL table.