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MySQL 8.0 Reference Manual  /  Upgrading MySQL  /  Changes in MySQL 8.0

3.5 Changes in MySQL 8.0

Before upgrading to MySQL 8.0, review the changes described in this section to identify those that apply to your current MySQL installation and applications. Perform any recommended actions.

Changes marked as Incompatible change are incompatibilities with earlier versions of MySQL, and may require your attention before upgrading. Our aim is to avoid these changes, but occasionally they are necessary to correct problems that would be worse than an incompatibility between releases. If an upgrade issue applicable to your installation involves an incompatibility, follow the instructions given in the description.

Data Dictionary Changes

MySQL Server 8.0 incorporates a global data dictionary containing information about database objects in transactional tables. In previous MySQL series, dictionary data was stored in metadata files and nontransactional system tables. As a result, the upgrade procedure requires that you verify the upgrade readiness of your installation by checking specific prerequisites. For more information, see Section 3.6, “Preparing Your Installation for Upgrade”. A data dictionary-enabled server entails some general operational differences; see Section 16.7, “Data Dictionary Usage Differences”.

caching_sha2_password as the Preferred Authentication Plugin

The caching_sha2_password and sha256_password authentication plugins provide more secure password encryption than the mysql_native_password plugin, and caching_sha2_password provides better performance than sha256_password. Due to these superior security and performance characteristics of caching_sha2_password, it is as of MySQL 8.0 the preferred authentication plugin, and is also the default authentication plugin rather than mysql_native_password. This change affects both the server and the libmysqlclient client library:

  • For the server, the default value of the default_authentication_plugin system variable changes from mysql_native_password to caching_sha2_password.

    This change applies only to new accounts created after installing or upgrading to MySQL 8.0 or higher. For accounts already existing in an upgraded installation, their authentication plugin remains unchanged. Existing users who wish to switch to caching_sha2_password can do so using the ALTER USER statement: 

    ALTER USER user
  IDENTIFIED WITH caching_sha2_password
  BY 'password';

  • The libmysqlclient library treats caching_sha2_password as the default authentication plugin rather than mysql_native_password.

The following sections discuss the implications of the more prominent role of caching_sha2_password:

caching_sha2_password Compatibility Issues and Solutions

Important

If your MySQL installation must serve pre-8.0 clients and you encounter compatibility issues after upgrading to MySQL 8.0 or higher, the simplest way to address those issues and restore pre-8.0 compatibility is to reconfigure the server to revert to the previous default authentication plugin (mysql_native_password). For example, use these lines in the server option file: 

[mysqld]
default_authentication_plugin=mysql_native_password

That setting enables pre-8.0 clients to connect to 8.0 servers until such time as the clients and connectors in use at your installation are upgraded to know about caching_sha2_password. However, the setting should be viewed as temporary, not as a long term or permanent solution, because it causes new accounts created with the setting in effect to forego the improved authentication security provided by caching_sha2_password.

The use of caching_sha2_password offers more secure password hashing than mysql_native_password (and consequent improved client connection authentication). However, it also has compatibility implications that may affect existing MySQL installations:

  • Clients and connectors that have not been updated to know about caching_sha2_password may have trouble connecting to a MySQL 8.0 server configured with caching_sha2_password as the default authentication plugin, even to use accounts that do not authenticate with caching_sha2_password. This issue occurs because the server specifies the name of its default authentication plugin to clients. If a client or connector is based on a client/server protocol implementation that does not gracefully handle an unrecognized default authentication plugin, it may fail with an error such as one of these: 

    Authentication plugin 'caching_sha2_password' is not supported
    Authentication plugin 'caching_sha2_password' cannot be loaded:
dlopen(/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin/caching_sha2_password.so, 2):
image not found
    Warning: mysqli_connect(): The server requested authentication
method unknown to the client [caching_sha2_password]

    For information about writing connectors to gracefully handle requests from the server for unknown default authentication plugins, see Authentication Plugin Connector-Writing Considerations.

  • Clients that use an account that authenticates with caching_sha2_password must use either a secure connection (made using TCP using TLS/SSL credentials, a Unix socket file, or shared memory), or an unencrypted connection that supports password exchange using an RSA key pair. This security requirement does not apply to mysql_native_passsword, so the switch to caching_sha2_password may require additional configuration (see Section 8.4.1.2, “Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication”). However, client connections in MySQL 8.0 prefer use of TLS/SSL by default, so clients that already conform to that preference may need no additional configuration.

  • Clients and connectors that have not been updated to know about caching_sha2_password cannot connect to accounts that authenticate with caching_sha2_password because they do not recognize this plugin as valid. (This is a particular instance of how client/server authentication plugin compatibility requirements apply, as discussed at Authentication Plugin Client/Server Compatibility.) To work around this issue, relink clients against libmysqlclient from MySQL 8.0 or higher, or obtain an updated connector that recognizes caching_sha2_password.

  • Because caching_sha2_password is also now the default authentication plugin in the libmysqlclient client library, authentication requires an extra round trip in the client/server protocol for connections from MySQL 8.0 clients to accounts that use mysql_native_password (the previous default authentication plugin), unless the client program is invoked with a --default-auth=mysql_native_password option.

The libmysqlclient client library for pre-8.0 MySQL versions is able to connect to MySQL 8.0 servers (except for accounts that authenticate with caching_sha2_password). That means pre-8.0 clients based on libmysqlclient should also be able to connect. Examples:

  • Standard MySQL clients such as mysql and mysqladmin are libmysqlclient-based.

  • The DBD::mysql driver for Perl DBI is libmysqlclient-based.

  • MySQL Connector/Python has a C Extension module that is libmysqlclient-based. To use it, include the use_pure=False option at connect time.

When an existing MySQL 8.0 installation is upgraded to MySQL 8.0.4 or higher, some older libmysqlclient-based clients may “automatically” upgrade if they are dynamically linked, because they use the new client library installed by the upgrade. For example, if the DBD::mysql driver for Perl DBI uses dynamic linking, it can use the libmysqlclient in place after an upgrade to MySQL 8.0.4 or higher, with this result:

  • Prior to the upgrade, DBI scripts that use DBD::mysql can connect to a MySQL 8.0 server, except for accounts that authenticate with caching_sha2_password.

  • After the upgrade, the same scripts become able to use caching_sha2_password accounts as well.

However, the preceding results occur because libmysqlclient instances from MySQL 8.0 installations prior to 8.0.4 are binary compatible: They both use a shared library major version number of 21. For clients linked to libmysqlclient from MySQL 5.7 or older, they link to a shared library with a different version number that is not binary compatible. In this case, the client must be recompiled against libmysqlclient from 8.0.4 or higher for full compatibility with MySQL 8.0 servers and caching_sha2_password accounts.

MySQL Connector/J 5.1 through 8.0.8 is able to connect to MySQL 8.0 servers, except for accounts that authenticate with caching_sha2_password. (Connector/J 8.0.9 or higher is required to connect to caching_sha2_password accounts.)

Clients that use an implementation of the client/server protocol other than libmysqlclient may need to be upgraded to a newer version that understands the new authentication plugin. For example, in PHP, MySQL connectivity usually is based on mysqlnd, which currently does not know about caching_sha2_password. Until an updated version of mysqlnd is available, the way to enable PHP clients to connect to MySQL 8.0 is to reconfigure the server to revert to mysql_native_password as the default authentication plugin, as previously discussed.

If a client or connector supports an option to explicitly specify a default authentication plugin, use it to name a plugin other than caching_sha2_password. Examples:

  • Some MySQL clients support a --default-auth option. (Standard MySQL clients such as mysql and mysqladmin support this option but can successfully connect to 8.0 servers without it. However, other clients may support a similar option. If so, it is worth trying it.)

  • Programs that use the libmysqlclient C API can call the mysql_options() function with the MYSQL_DEFAULT_AUTH option.

  • MySQL Connector/Python scripts that use the native Python implementation of the client/server protocol can specify the auth_plugin connection option. (Alternatively, use the Connector/Python C Extension, which is able to connect to MySQL 8.0 servers without the need for auth_plugin.)

caching_sha2_password-Compatible Clients and Connectors

If a client or connector is available that has been updated to know about caching_sha2_password, using it is the best way to ensure compatibility when connecting to a MySQL 8.0 server configured with caching_sha2_password as the default authentication plugin.

These clients and connectors have been upgraded to support caching_sha2_password:

  • The libmysqlclient client library in MySQL 8.0 (8.0.4 or higher). Standard MySQL clients such as mysql and mysqladmin are libmysqlclient-based, so they are compatible as well.

  • The libmysqlclient client library in MySQL 5.7 (5.7.23 or higher). Standard MySQL clients such as mysql and mysqladmin are libmysqlclient-based, so they are compatible as well.

  • MySQL Connector/C++ 1.1.11 or higher or 8.0.7 or higher.

  • MySQL Connector/J 8.0.9 or higher.

  • MySQL Connector/NET 8.0.10 or higher (through the classic MySQL protocol).

  • MySQL Connector/Node.js 8.0.9 or higher.

  • PHP: the X DevAPI PHP extension (mysql_xdevapi) supports caching_sha2_password.

    PHP: the PDO_MySQL and ext/mysqli extensions do not support caching_sha2_password. In addition, when used with PHP versions before 7.1.16 and PHP 7.2 before 7.2.4, they fail to connect with default_authentication_plugin=caching_sha2_password even if caching_sha2_password is not used.

caching_sha2_password and the root Administrative Account

For upgrades to MySQL 8.0, the authentication plugin existing accounts remains unchanged, including the plugin for the 'root'@'localhost' administrative account.

For new MySQL 8.0 installations, when you initialize the data directory (using the instructions at Section 2.9.1, “Initializing the Data Directory”), the 'root'@'localhost' account is created, and that account uses caching_sha2_password by default. To connect to the server following data directory initialization, you must therefore use a client or connector that supports caching_sha2_password. If you can do this but prefer that the root account use mysql_native_password after installation, install MySQL and initialize the data directory as you normally would. Then connect to the server as root and use ALTER USER as follows to change the account authentication plugin and password: 

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost'
  IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password
  BY 'password';

If the client or connector that you use does not yet support caching_sha2_password, you can use a modified data directory-initialization procedure that associates the root account with mysql_native_password as soon as the account is created. To do so, use either of these techniques:

caching_sha2_password and Replication

In replication scenarios for which all servers have been upgraded to MySQL 8.0.4 or higher, replica connections to source servers can use accounts that authenticate with caching_sha2_password. For such connections, the same requirement applies as for other clients that use accounts that authenticate with caching_sha2_password: Use a secure connection or RSA-based password exchange.

To connect to a caching_sha2_password account for source/replica replication:

  • Use any of the following CHANGE MASTER TO options: 

    MASTER_SSL = 1
GET_MASTER_PUBLIC_KEY = 1
MASTER_PUBLIC_KEY_PATH='path to RSA public key file'

  • Alternatively, you can use the RSA public key-related options if the required keys are supplied at server startup.

To connect to a caching_sha2_password account for Group Replication:

  • For MySQL built using OpenSSL, set any of the following system variables: 

    SET GLOBAL group_replication_recovery_use_ssl = ON;
SET GLOBAL group_replication_recovery_get_public_key = 1;
SET GLOBAL group_replication_recovery_public_key_path = 'path to RSA public key file';

  • Alternatively, you can use the RSA public key-related options if the required keys are supplied at server startup.

Configuration Changes

  • Incompatible change: A MySQL storage engine is now responsible for providing its own partitioning handler, and the MySQL server no longer provides generic partitioning support. InnoDB and NDB are the only storage engines that provide a native partitioning handler that is supported in MySQL 8.0. A partitioned table using any other storage engine must be altered—either to convert it to InnoDB or NDB, or to remove its partitioning—before upgrading the server, else it cannot be used afterwards.

    For information about converting MyISAM tables to InnoDB, see Section 17.6.1.5, “Converting Tables from MyISAM to InnoDB”.

    A table creation statement that would result in a partitioned table using a storage engine without such support fails with an error (ER_CHECK_NOT_IMPLEMENTED) in MySQL 8.0. If you import databases from a dump file created in MySQL 5.7 (or earlier) using mysqldump into a MySQL 8.0 server, you must make sure that any statements creating partitioned tables do not also specify an unsupported storage engine, either by removing any references to partitioning, or by specifying the storage engine as InnoDB or allowing it to be set as InnoDB by default.

    Note

    The procedure given at Section 3.6, “Preparing Your Installation for Upgrade”, describes how to identify partitioned tables that must be altered before upgrading to MySQL 8.0.

    See Section 26.6.2, “Partitioning Limitations Relating to Storage Engines”, for further information.

  • Incompatible change: Several server error codes are not used and have been removed (for a list, see Features Removed in MySQL 8.0). Applications that test specifically for any of them should be updated.

  • Important change: The default character set has changed from latin1 to utf8mb4. These system variables are affected:

    As a result, the default character set and collation for new objects differ from previously unless an explicit character set and collation are specified. This includes databases and objects within them, such as tables, views, and stored programs. Assuming that the previous defaults were used, one way to preserve them is to start the server with these lines in the my.cnf file: 

    [mysqld]
character_set_server=latin1
collation_server=latin1_swedish_ci

    In a replicated setting, when upgrading from MySQL 5.7 to 8.0, it is advisable to change the default character set back to the character set used in MySQL 5.7 before upgrading. After the upgrade is completed, the default character set can be changed to utf8mb4.

    In addition, you should be aware that MySQL 8.0 enforces checks on permitted characters in a given character set which MySQL 5.7 does not; this is a known issue. This means that, prior to attempting to upgrade, you should ensure that no comments contain characters that are not defined for the character set in use. You can fix this in either of two ways:

    • Change the character set to one that includes the character or characters in question.

    • Remove the offending character or characters.

    The preceding applies to table, file, and index comments.

  • Incompatible change: As of MySQL 8.0.11, it is prohibited to start the server with a lower_case_table_names setting that is different from the setting used when the server was initialized. The restriction is necessary because collations used by various data dictionary table fields are based on the lower_case_table_names setting that was defined when the server was initialized, and restarting the server with a different setting would introduce inconsistencies with respect to how identifiers are ordered and compared.

Server Changes

  • In MySQL 8.0.11, several deprecated features related to account management have been removed, such as use of the GRANT statement to modify nonprivilege characteristics of user accounts, the NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER SQL mode, the PASSWORD() function, and the old_passwords system variable.

    Replication from MySQL 5.7 to 8.0 of statements that refer to these removed features can cause replication failure. Applications that use any of the removed features should be revised to avoid them and use alternatives when possible, as described in Features Removed in MySQL 8.0.

    To avoid a startup failure on MySQL 8.0, remove any instance of NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER from sql_mode system variable settings in MySQL option files.

    Loading a dump file that includes the NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER SQL mode in stored program definitions into a MySQL 8.0 server causes a failure. As of MySQL 5.7.24 and MySQL 8.0.13, mysqldump removes NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER from stored program definitions. Dump files created with an earlier version of mysqldump must be modified manually to remove instances of NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER.

  • In MySQL 8.0.11, these deprecated compatibility SQL modes were removed: DB2, MAXDB, MSSQL, MYSQL323, MYSQL40, ORACLE, POSTGRESQL, NO_FIELD_OPTIONS, NO_KEY_OPTIONS, NO_TABLE_OPTIONS. They can no longer be assigned to the sql_mode system variable or used as permitted values for the mysqldump --compatible option.

    Removal of MAXDB means that the TIMESTAMP data type for CREATE TABLE or ALTER TABLE is no longer treated as DATETIME.

    Replication from MySQL 5.7 to 8.0 of statements that refer to the removed SQL modes can cause replication failure. This includes replication of CREATE statements for stored programs (stored procedures and functions, triggers, and events) that are executed while the current sql_mode value includes any of the removed modes. Applications that use any of the removed modes should be revised to avoid them.

  • The text of many MySQL 8.0 error messages has been revised and improved to provide more and better information than in MySQL 5.7. If your application depends on specific content or formatting of error messages, you should test these and be prepared to update the application accordingly prior to performing an upgrade.

  • As of MySQL 8.0.3, spatial data types permit an SRID attribute, to explicitly indicate the spatial reference system (SRS) for values stored in the column. See Section 13.4.1, “Spatial Data Types”.

    A spatial column with an explicit SRID attribute is SRID-restricted: The column takes only values with that ID, and SPATIAL indexes on the column become subject to use by the optimizer. The optimizer ignores SPATIAL indexes on spatial columns with no SRID attribute. See Section 10.3.3, “SPATIAL Index Optimization”. If you want the optimizer to consider SPATIAL indexes on spatial columns that are not SRID-restricted, each such column should be modified:

    • Verify that all values within the column have the same SRID. To determine the SRIDs contained in a geometry column col_name, use the following query: 

      SELECT DISTINCT ST_SRID(col_name) FROM tbl_name;

      If the query returns more than one row, the column contains a mix of SRIDs. In that case, modify its contents so all values have the same SRID.

    • Redefine the column to have an explicit SRID attribute.

    • Recreate the SPATIAL index.

  • Several spatial functions were removed in MySQL 8.0.0 due to a spatial function namespace change that implemented an ST_ prefix for functions that perform an exact operation, or an MBR prefix for functions that perform an operation based on minimum bounding rectangles. The use of removed spatial functions in generated column definitions could cause an upgrade failure. Before upgrading, run mysqlcheck --check-upgrade for removed spatial functions and replace any that you find with their ST_ or MBR named replacements. For a list of removed spatial functions, refer to Features Removed in MySQL 8.0.

  • The BACKUP_ADMIN privilege is automatically granted to users with the RELOAD privilege when performing an in-place upgrade to MySQL 8.0.3 or higher.

  • From MySQL 8.0.13, because of differences between row-based or mixed replication mode and statement-based replication mode in the way that temporary tables are handled, there are new restrictions on switching the binary logging format at runtime.

    • SET @@SESSION.binlog_format cannot be used if the session has any open temporary tables.

    • SET @@global.binlog_format and SET @@persist.binlog_format cannot be used if any replication channel has any open temporary tables. SET @@persist_only.binlog_format is allowed if replication channels have open temporary tables, because unlike PERSIST, PERSIST_ONLY does not modify the runtime global system variable value.

    • SET @@global.binlog_format and SET @@persist.binlog_format cannot be used if any replication channel applier is running. This is because the change only takes effect on a replication channel when its applier is restarted, at which time the replication channel might have open temporary tables. This behavior is more restrictive than before. SET @@persist_only.binlog_format is allowed if any replication channel applier is running.

    • From MySQL 8.0.27, configuring a session setting for internal_tmp_mem_storage_engine requires the SESSION_VARIABLES_ADMIN or SYSTEM_VARIABLES_ADMIN privilege.

    • As of MySQL 8.0.27, the clone plugin permits concurrent DDL operations on the donor MySQL Server instance while a cloning operation is in progress. Previously, a backup lock was held during the cloning operation, preventing concurrent DDL on the donor. To revert to the previous behavior of blocking concurrent DDL on the donor during a clone operation, enable the clone_block_ddl variable. See Section 7.6.7.4, “Cloning and Concurrent DDL”.

  • From MySQL 8.0.30, error log components listed in the log_error_services value at startup are loaded implicitly early in the MySQL Server startup sequence. If you have previously installed loadable error log components using INSTALL COMPONENT and you list those components in a log_error_services setting that is read at startup (from an option file, for example), your configuration should be updated to avoid startup warnings. For more information, see Error Log Configuration Methods.

InnoDB Changes

  • INFORMATION_SCHEMA views based on InnoDB system tables were replaced by internal system views on data dictionary tables. Affected InnoDB INFORMATION_SCHEMA views were renamed:

    Table 3.1 Renamed InnoDB Information Schema Views

    Old Name New Name
    INNODB_SYS_COLUMNS INNODB_COLUMNS
    INNODB_SYS_DATAFILES INNODB_DATAFILES
    INNODB_SYS_FIELDS INNODB_FIELDS
    INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN INNODB_FOREIGN
    INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS INNODB_FOREIGN_COLS
    INNODB_SYS_INDEXES INNODB_INDEXES
    INNODB_SYS_TABLES INNODB_TABLES
    INNODB_SYS_TABLESPACES INNODB_TABLESPACES
    INNODB_SYS_TABLESTATS INNODB_TABLESTATS
    INNODB_SYS_VIRTUAL INNODB_VIRTUAL

    After upgrading to MySQL 8.0.3 or higher, update any scripts that reference previous InnoDB INFORMATION_SCHEMA view names.

  • The zlib library version bundled with MySQL was raised from version 1.2.3 to version 1.2.11.

    The zlib compressBound() function in zlib 1.2.11 returns a slightly higher estimate of the buffer size required to compress a given length of bytes than it did in zlib version 1.2.3. The compressBound() function is called by InnoDB functions that determine the maximum row size permitted when creating compressed InnoDB tables or inserting and updating rows in compressed InnoDB tables. As a result, CREATE TABLE ... ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED, INSERT, and UPDATE operations with row sizes very close to the maximum row size that were successful in earlier releases could now fail. To avoid this issue, test CREATE TABLE statements for compressed InnoDB tables with large rows on a MySQL 8.0 test instance prior to upgrading.

  • With the introduction of the --innodb-directories feature, the location of file-per-table and general tablespace files created with an absolute path or in a location outside of the data directory should be added to the innodb_directories argument value. Otherwise, InnoDB is not able to locate these files during recovery. To view tablespace file locations, query the Information Schema FILES table: 

    SELECT TABLESPACE_NAME, FILE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.FILES \G

  • Undo logs can no longer reside in the system tablespace. In MySQL 8.0, undo logs reside in two undo tablespaces by default. For more information, see Section 17.6.3.4, “Undo Tablespaces”.

    When upgrading from MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8.0, any undo tablespaces that exist in the MySQL 5.7 instance are removed and replaced by two new default undo tablespaces. Default undo tablespaces are created in the location defined by the innodb_undo_directory variable. If the innodb_undo_directory variable is undefined, undo tablespaces are created in the data directory. Upgrade from MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8.0 requires a slow shutdown which ensures that undo tablespaces in the MySQL 5.7 instance are empty, permitting them to be removed safely.

    When upgrading to MySQL 8.0.14 or later from an earlier MySQL 8.0 release, undo tablespaces that exist in the pre-upgrade instance as a result of an innodb_undo_tablespaces setting greater than 2 are treated as user-defined undo tablespaces, which can be deactivated and dropped using ALTER UNDO TABLESPACE and DROP UNDO TABLESPACE syntax, respectively, after upgrading. Upgrade within the MySQL 8.0 release series may not always require a slow shutdown which means that existing undo tablespaces could contain undo logs. Therefore, existing undo tablespaces are not removed by the upgrade process.

  • Incompatible change: As of MySQL 8.0.17, the CREATE TABLESPACE ... ADD DATAFILE clause does not permit circular directory references. For example, the circular directory reference (/../) in the following statement is not permitted: 

    CREATE TABLESPACE ts1 ADD DATAFILE ts1.ibd 'any_directory/../ts1.ibd';

    An exception to the restriction exists on Linux, where a circular directory reference is permitted if the preceding directory is a symbolic link. For example, the data file path in the example above is permitted if any_directory is a symbolic link. (It is still permitted for data file paths to begin with '../'.)

    To avoid upgrade issues, remove any circular directory references from tablespace data file paths before upgrading to MySQL 8.0.17 or higher. To inspect tablespace paths, query the Information Schema INNODB_DATAFILES table.

  • Due to a regression introduced in MySQL 8.0.14, in-place upgrade on a case-sensitive file system from MySQL 5.7 or a MySQL 8.0 release prior to MySQL 8.0.14 to MySQL 8.0.16 failed for instances with partitioned tables and lower_case_table_names=1. The failure was caused by a case mismatch issue related to partitioned table file names. The fix that introduced the regression was reverted, which permits upgrades to MySQL 8.0.17 from MySQL 5.7 or MySQL 8.0 releases prior to MySQL 8.0.14 to function as normal. However, the regression is still present in the MySQL 8.0.14, 8.0.15, and 8.0.16 releases.

    In-place upgrade on a case-sensitive file system from MySQL 8.0.14, 8.0.15, or 8.0.16 to MySQL 8.0.17 fails with the following error when starting the server after upgrading binaries or packages to MySQL 8.0.17 if partitioned tables are present and lower_case_table_names=1: 

    Upgrading from server version version_number with
partitioned tables and lower_case_table_names == 1 on a case sensitive file
system may cause issues, and is therefore prohibited. To upgrade anyway, restart
the new server version with the command line option 'upgrade=FORCE'. When
upgrade is completed, please execute 'RENAME TABLE part_table_name
TO new_table_name; RENAME TABLE new_table_name
TO part_table_name;' for each of the partitioned tables.
Please see the documentation for further information.

    If you encounter this error when upgrading to MySQL 8.0.17, perform the following workaround:

    1. Restart the server with --upgrade=force to force the upgrade operation to proceed.

    2. Identify partitioned table file names with lowercase partition name delimiters (#p# or #sp#): 

      mysql> SELECT FILE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.FILES WHERE FILE_NAME LIKE '%#p#%' OR FILE_NAME LIKE '%#sp#%';

    3. For each file identified, rename the associated table using a temporary name, then rename the table back to its original name. 

      mysql> RENAME TABLE table_name TO temporary_table_name;
mysql> RENAME TABLE temporary_table_name TO table_name;

    4. Verify that there are no partitioned table file names lowercase partition name delimiters (an empty result set should be returned). 

      mysql> SELECT FILE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.FILES WHERE FILE_NAME LIKE '%#p#%' OR FILE_NAME LIKE '%#sp#%';
Empty set (0.00 sec)

    5. Run ANALYZE TABLE on each renamed table to update the optimizer statistics in the mysql.innodb_index_stats and mysql.innodb_table_stats tables.

    Because of the regression still present in the MySQL 8.0.14, 8.0.15, and 8.0.16 releases, importing partitioned tables from MySQL 8.0.14, 8.0.15, or 8.0.16 to MySQL 8.0.17 is not supported on case-sensitive file systems where lower_case_table_names=1. Attempting to do so results in a “Tablespace is missing for table” error.

  • MySQL uses delimiter strings when constructing tablespace names and file names for table partitions. A “ #p# ” delimiter string precedes partition names, and an “ #sp# ” delimiter string precedes subpartition names, as shown: 

          schema_name.table_name#p#partition_name#sp#subpartition_name
      table_name#p#partition_name#sp#subpartition_name.ibd

    Historically, delimiter strings have been uppercase (#P# and #SP#) on case-sensitive file systems such as Linux, and lowercase (#p# and #sp#) on case-insensitive file systems such as Windows. As of MySQL 8.0.19, delimiter strings are lowercase on all file systems. This change prevents issues when migrating data directories between case-sensitive and case-insensitive file systems. Uppercase delimiter strings are no longer used.

    Additionally, partition tablespace names and file names generated based on user-specified partition or subpartition names, which can be specified in uppercase or lowercase, are now generated (and stored internally) in lowercase regardless of the lower_case_table_names setting to ensure case-insensitivity. For example, if a table partition is created with the name PART_1, the tablespace name and file name are generated in lowercase: 

          schema_name.table_name#p#part_1
      table_name#p#part_1.ibd

    During upgrade, MySQL checks and modifies if necessary:

    • Partition file names on disk and in the data dictionary to ensure lowercase delimiters and partition names.

    • Partition metadata in the data dictionary for related issues introduced by previous bug fixes.

    • InnoDB statistics data for related issues introduced by previous bug fixes.

    During tablespace import operations, partition tablespace file names on disk are checked and modified if necessary to ensure lowercase delimiters and partition names.

  • As of MySQL 8.0.21, a warning is written to the error log at startup or when upgrading from MySQL 5.7 if tablespace data files are found to reside in unknown directories. Known directories are those defined by the datadir, innodb_data_home_dir, and innodb_directories variables. To make a directory known, add it to the innodb_directories setting. Making directories known ensures that data files can be found during recovery. For more information, see Tablespace Discovery During Crash Recovery.

  • Important change: From MySQL 8.0.30, the innodb_redo_log_capacity variable controls the amount of disk space occupied by redo log files. With this change, the default number of redo log files and their location has also changed. From MySQL 8.0.30, InnoDB maintains 32 redo log files in the #innodb_redo directory in the data directory. Previously, InnoDB created two redo log files in the data directory by default, and the number and size of redo log files were controlled by the innodb_log_files_in_group and innodb_log_file_size variables. These two variables are now deprecated.

    When the innodb_redo_log_capacity setting is defined, innodb_log_files_in_group and innodb_log_file_size settings are ignored; otherwise, those settings are used to compute the innodb_redo_log_capacity setting (innodb_log_files_in_group * innodb_log_file_size = innodb_redo_log_capacity). If none of those variables are set, redo log capacity is set to the innodb_redo_log_capacity default value, which is 104857600 bytes (100MB).

    As is generally required for any upgrade, this change requires a clean shutdown before upgrading.

    For more information about this feature, see Section 17.6.5, “Redo Log”.

  • Before MySQL 5.7.35, there was no size limitation for indexes in tables with redundant or compact row format. As of MySQL 5.7.35, the limit is 767 bytes. An upgrade from a MySQL version before 5.7.35 to MySQL 8.0 can produce inaccessible tables. If a table with redundant or compact row format has an index larger than 767 bytes, drop the index and re-create it before an upgrade to MySQL 8.0. The error message is: 

    mysql> ERROR 1709 (HY000): Index column size too large. The maximum column size is 767 bytes.

SQL Changes

  • Incompatible change: As of MySQL 8.0.13, the deprecated ASC or DESC qualifiers for GROUP BY clauses have been removed. Queries that previously relied on GROUP BY sorting may produce results that differ from previous MySQL versions. To produce a given sort order, provide an ORDER BY clause.

    Queries and stored program definitions from MySQL 8.0.12 or lower that use ASC or DESC qualifiers for GROUP BY clauses should be amended. Otherwise, upgrading to MySQL 8.0.13 or higher may fail, as may replicating to MySQL 8.0.13 or higher replica servers.

  • Some keywords may be reserved in MySQL 8.0 that were not reserved in MySQL 5.7. See Section 11.3, “Keywords and Reserved Words”. This can cause words previously used as identifiers to become illegal. To fix affected statements, use identifier quoting. See Section 11.2, “Schema Object Names”.

  • After upgrading, it is recommended that you test optimizer hints specified in application code to ensure that the hints are still required to achieve the desired optimization strategy. Optimizer enhancements can sometimes render certain optimizer hints unnecessary. In some cases, an unnecessary optimizer hint may even be counterproductive.

  • Incompatible change: In MySQL 5.7, specifying a FOREIGN KEY definition for an InnoDB table without a CONSTRAINT symbol clause, or specifying the CONSTRAINT keyword without a symbol, causes InnoDB to use a generated constraint name. That behavior changed in MySQL 8.0, with InnoDB using the FOREIGN KEY index_name value instead of a generated name. Because constraint names must be unique per schema (database), the change caused errors due to foreign key index names that were not unique per schema. To avoid such errors, the new constraint naming behavior has been reverted in MySQL 8.0.16, and InnoDB once again uses a generated constraint name.

    For consistency with InnoDB, NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0.16 or higher use a generated constraint name if the CONSTRAINT symbol clause is not specified, or the CONSTRAINT keyword is specified without a symbol. NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7 and earlier MySQL 8.0 releases used the FOREIGN KEY index_name value.

    The changes described above may introduce incompatibilities for applications that depend on the previous foreign key constraint naming behavior.

  • The handling of system variable values by MySQL flow control functions such as IFNULL() and CASE() changed in MySQL 8.0.22; system variable values are now handled as column values of the same character and collation, rather than as constants. Some queries using these functions with system variables that were previously successful may subsequently be rejected with Illegal mix of collations. In such cases, cast the system variable to the correct character set and collation.

  • Incompatible change: MySQL 8.0.28 fixes an issue in previous MySQL 8.0 releases whereby the CONVERT() function sometimes allowed invalid casts of BINARY values to nonbinary character sets. Applications which may have relied on this behavior should be checked and if necessary modified prior to upgrade.

    In particular, where CONVERT() was used as part of an expression for an indexed generated column, the change in the function's behavior may result in index corruption following an upgrade to MySQL 8.0.28. You can prevent this from happening by following these steps:

    1. Prior to performing the upgrade, correct any invalid input data.

    2. Drop and then re-create the index.

      You can also force a table rebuild using ALTER TABLE table FORCE, instead.

    3. Upgrade the MySQL software.

    If you cannot validate the input data beforehand, you should not re-create the index or rebuild the table until after you perform the upgrade to MySQL 8.0.28.

Changed Server Defaults

MySQL 8.0 comes with improved defaults, aiming at the best out of the box experience possible. These changes are driven by the fact that technology is advancing (machines have more CPUS, use SSDs and so on), more data is being stored, MySQL is evolving (InnoDB, Group Replication, AdminAPI), and so on. The following table summarizes the defaults which have been changed to provide the best MySQL experience for the majority of users.

Option/Parameter Old Default New Default
Server changes
character_set_server latin1 utf8mb4
collation_server latin1_swedish_ci utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci
explicit_defaults_for_timestamp OFF ON
optimizer_trace_max_mem_size 16KB 1MB
validate_password_check_user_name OFF ON
back_log -1 (autosize) changed from : back_log = 50 + (max_connections / 5) -1 (autosize) changed to : back_log = max_connections
max_allowed_packet 4194304 (4MB) 67108864 (64MB)
max_error_count 64 1024
event_scheduler OFF ON
table_open_cache 2000 4000
log_error_verbosity 3 (Notes) 2 (Warning)
local_infile ON (5.7) OFF
InnoDB changes
innodb_undo_tablespaces 0 2
innodb_undo_log_truncate OFF ON
innodb_flush_method NULL fsync (Unix), unbuffered (Windows)
innodb_autoinc_lock_mode 1 (consecutive) 2 (interleaved)
innodb_flush_neighbors 1 (enable) 0 (disable)
innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct_lwm 0 (%) 10 (%)
innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct 75 (%) 90 (%)
Performance Schema changes
performance-schema-instrument='wait/lock/metadata/sql/%=ON' OFF ON
performance-schema-instrument='memory/%=COUNTED' OFF COUNTED
performance-schema-consumer-events-transactions-current=ON OFF ON
performance-schema-consumer-events-transactions-history=ON OFF ON
performance-schema-instrument='transaction%=ON' OFF ON
Replication changes
log_bin OFF ON
server_id 0 1
log-slave-updates OFF ON
expire_logs_days 0 30
master-info-repository FILE TABLE
relay-log-info-repository FILE TABLE
transaction-write-set-extraction OFF XXHASH64
slave_rows_search_algorithms INDEX_SCAN, TABLE_SCAN INDEX_SCAN, HASH_SCAN
slave_pending_jobs_size_max 16M 128M
gtid_executed_compression_period 1000 0
Group Replication changes
group_replication_autorejoin_tries 0 3
group_replication_exit_state_action ABORT_SERVER READ_ONLY
group_replication_member_expel_timeout 0 5

For more information about options or variables which have been added, see Option and Variable Changes for MySQL 8.0, in the MySQL Server Version Reference.

The following sections explain the changes to defaults and any impact they might have on your deployment.

Server Defaults

  • The default value of the character_set_server system variable and command line option --character-set-server  changed from latin1 to utf8mb4. This is the server’s default character set. At this time, UTF8MB4 is the dominant character encoding for the web, and this change makes life easier for the vast majority of MySQL users. The upgrade from 5.7 to 8.0 does not change the character set for any existing database objects, but, unless you set character_set_server explicitly (either back to the previous value, or to a new one), a new schema uses utf8mb4 by default. We recommend that you move to utf8mb4 whenever possible.

  • The default value of the  collation_server system variable and command line argument --collation-server changed from latin1_swedish_ci to utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci. This is the server’s default collation, the ordering of characters in a character set. There is a link between collations and character sets as each character set comes with a list of possible collations. The upgrade from 5.7 to 8.0 does not change any collation for any existing database objects, but takes effect for new objects.

  • The default value of the explicit_defaults_for_timestamp system variable changed from OFF (MySQL legacy behavior) to ON (SQL standard behavior). This option was originally introduced in 5.6 and was OFF in 5.6 and 5.7. 

  • The default value of the optimizer_trace_max_mem_size system variable changed from 16KB to 1MB. The old default caused the optimizer trace to be truncated for any non-trivial query. This change ensures useful optimizer traces for most queries.

  • The default value of the validate_password_check_user_name system variable changed from OFF to ON. This means that when the validate_password plugin is enabled, by default it now rejects passwords that match the current session user name.

  • The autosize algorithm for the back_log system variable has changed.  The value for autosize (-1) is now set to the value of max_connections, which is bigger than the calculated by 50 + (max_connections / 5). The back_log queues up incoming IP connect requests in situations where the server is not able to keep up with incoming requests. In the worst case, with max_connections number of clients trying to reconnect at the same time, for example after a network failure, they can all be buffered and reject-retry loops are avoided.

  • The default value of the max_allowed_packet system variable changed from 4194304 (4M) to 67108864 (64M). The main advantage with this larger default is less chance of receiving errors about an insert or query being larger than max_allowed_packet. It should be as big as the largest Section 13.3.4, “The BLOB and TEXT Types” you want to use. To revert to the previous behavior, set max_allowed_packet=4194304.

  • The default value of the max_error_count system variable changed from 64 to 1024. This ensures that MySQL handles a larger number of warnings, such as an UPDATE statement that touches 1000s of rows and many of them give conversion warnings. It is common for many tools to batch updates, to help reduce replication lag. External tools such as pt-online-schema-change defaults to 1000, and gh-ost defaults to 100. MySQL 8.0 covers full error history for these two use cases. There are no static allocations, so this change only affects memory consumption for statements that generate lots of warnings.

  • The default value of the event_scheduler system variable changed from OFF to ON. In other words, the event scheduler is enabled by default. This is an enabler for new features in SYS, for example “kill idle transactions”.

  • The default value of the table_open_cache system variable changed from 2000 to 4000. This is a minor change which increases session concurrency on table access.

  • The default value of the log_error_verbosity system variable changed from 3 (Notes) to 2 (Warning). The purpose is to make the MySQL 8.0 error log less verbose by default.

InnoDB Defaults

  • Incompatible change The default value of the innodb_undo_tablespaces system variable changed from 0 to 2. The configures the number of undo tablespaces used by InnoDB. In MySQL 8.0 the minimum value for innodb_undo_tablespaces is 2 and rollback segments cannot be created in the system tablespace anymore. Thus, this is a case where you cannot revert back to 5.7 behavior. The purpose of this change is to be able to auto-truncate Undo logs (see next item), reclaiming disk space used by (occasional) long transactions such as a mysqldump.

  • The default value of the innodb_undo_log_truncate system variable  changed from OFF to ON. When enabled, undo tablespaces that exceed the threshold value defined by innodb_max_undo_log_size are marked for truncation. Only undo tablespaces can be truncated. Truncating undo logs that reside in the system tablespace is not supported. An upgrade from 5.7 to 8.0 automatically converts your system to use  undo tablespaces, using the system tablespace is not an option in 8.0.

  • The default value of the innodb_flush_method system variable changed from NULL to fsync on Unix-like systems and from NULL to unbuffered on Windows systems. This is more of a terminology and option cleanup without any tangible impact. For Unix this is just a documentation change as the default was fsync also in 5.7 (the default NULL meant fsync). Similarly on Windows, innodb_flush_method default NULL meant async_unbuffered in 5.7, and is replaced by default unbuffered in 8.0, which in combination with the existing default innodb_use_native_aio=ON has the same effect.

  • Incompatible change The default value of the innodb_autoinc_lock_mode system variable changed from 1 (consecutive) to 2 (interleaved). The change to interleaved lock mode as the default setting reflects the change from statement-based to row-based replication as the default replication type, which occurred in MySQL 5.7. Statement-based replication requires the consecutive auto-increment lock mode to ensure that auto-increment values are assigned in a predictable and repeatable order for a given sequence of SQL statements, whereas row-based replication is not sensitive to the execution order of SQL statements. Thus, this change is known to be incompatible with statement based replication, and may break some applications or user-generated test suites that depend on sequential auto increment. The previous default can be restored by setting innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=1;

  • The default value of the innodb_flush_neighbors system variable changes from 1 (enable) to 0 (disable). This is done because fast IO (SSDs) is now the default for deployment. We expect that for the majority of users, this results in a small performance gain. Users who are using slower hard drives may see a performance loss, and are encouraged to revert to the previous defaults by setting innodb_flush_neighbors=1.

  • The default value of the innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct_lwm system variable changed from 0 (%) to 10 (%). With innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct_lwm=10, InnoDB increases its flushing activity when >10% of the buffer pool contains modified (‘dirty’) pages. The purpose of this change is to trade off peak throughput slightly, in exchange for more consistent performance.

  • The default value of the innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct system variable changed from 75 (%) to 90 (%). This change combines with the change to innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct_lwm and together they ensure a smooth InnoDB flushing behavior, avoiding flushing bursts. To revert to the previous behavior, set innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct=75 and innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct_lwm=0.

Performance Schema Defaults

  • Performance Schema Meta Data Locking  (MDL) instrumentation is turned on by default. The compiled default  for performance-schema-instrument='wait/lock/metadata/sql/%=ON' changed from OFF to ON.  This is an enabler for adding MDL oriented views in SYS.

  • Performance Schema Memory instrumentation is turned on by default. The compiled default  for performance-schema-instrument='memory/%=COUNTED' changed from OFF to COUNTED. This is important because the accounting is incorrect if instrumentation is enabled after server start, and you could get a negative balance from missing an allocation, but catching a free.

  • Performance Schema Transaction instrumentation is turned on by default. The compiled default  for  performance-schema-consumer-events-transactions-current=ON, performance-schema-consumer-events-transactions-history=ON, and performance-schema-instrument='transaction%=ON' changed from OFF to ON.

Replication Defaults

  • The default value of the log_bin system variable changed from OFF to ON. In other words, binary logging is enabled by default. Nearly all production installations have the binary log enabled as it is used for replication and point-in-time recovery. Thus, by enabling binary log by default we eliminate one configuration step, enabling it later requires a mysqld restart. Enabling it by default also provides better test coverage and it becomes easier to spot performance regressions. Remember to also set server_id (see following change). The 8.0 default behavior is as if you issued ./mysqld --log-bin --server-id=1. If you are on 8.0 and want 5.7 behavior you can issue ./mysqld --skip-log-bin --server-id=0.

  • The default value of the server_id system variable changed from 0 to 1 (combines with the change to log_bin=ON). The server can be started with this default ID, but in practice you must set the server-id according to the replication infrastructure being deployed, to avoid having duplicate server ids.

  • The default value of the log-slave-updates system variable changed from OFF to ON.  This causes a replica to log replicated events into its own binary log. This option is required for Group Replication, and also ensures correct behavior in various replication chain setups, which have become the norm today.

  • The default value of the expire_logs_days system variable changed from 0 to 30. The new default 30 causes mysqld to periodically purge unused binary logs that are older than 30 days. This change helps prevent excessive amounts of disk space being wasted on binary logs that are no longer needed for replication or recovery purposes. The old value of 0 disables any automatic binary log purges.

  • The default value of the master_info_repository and relay_log_info_repository system variables change from FILE to TABLE. Thus in 8.0, replication metadata is stored in InnoDB by default. This increases reliability to try and achieve crash safe replication by default.

  • The default value of the transaction-write-set-extraction system variable changed from OFF to XXHASH64. This change enables transaction write sets by default. By using Transaction Write Sets, the source has to do slightly more work to generate the write sets, but the result is helpful in conflict detection. This is a requirement for Group Replication and the new default makes it easy to enable binary log writeset parallelization on the source to speed up replication.

  • The default value of the slave_rows_search_algorithms system variable changed from INDEX_SCAN,TABLE_SCAN to INDEX_SCAN,HASH_SCAN. This change speeds up row-based replication by reducing the number of table scans the replica applier has to do to apply the changes to a table without a primary key.

  • The default value of the slave_pending_jobs_size_max system variable changed from 16M to 128M. This change increases the amount of memory available to multithreaded replicas.

  • The default value of the gtid_executed_compression_period system variable changed from 1000 to 0. This change ensures that compression of the mysql.gtid_executed table only occurs implicitly as required.

Group Replication Defaults

  • The default value of group_replication_autorejoin_tries changed from 0 to 3, which means that automatic rejoin is enabled by default. This system variable specifies the number of tries that a member makes to automatically rejoin the group if it is expelled, or if it is unable to contact a majority of the group before the group_replication_unreachable_majority_timeout setting is reached.

  • The default value of group_replication_exit_state_action changed from ABORT_SERVER to READ_ONLY. This means that when a member exits the group, for example after a network failure, the instance becomes read-only, rather than being shut down.

  • The default value of group_replication_member_expel_timeout changed from 0 to 5, meaning that a member suspected of having lost contact with the group is liable for expulsion 5 seconds after the 5-second detection period.

Most of these defaults are reasonably good for both development and production environments. An exception to this is the --innodb-dedicated-server option, whose default value remains OFF, although we recommend ON for production environments. The reason for defaulting to OFF is that it causes shared environments such as developer laptops to become unusable, because it takes all the memory it can find.

For production environments we recommend using --innodb-dedicated-server, which determines values for the following InnoDB variables (if not specified explicitly), based on available memory: innodb_buffer_pool_size, innodb_log_file_size, and innodb_flush_method. See Section 17.8.12, “Enabling Automatic InnoDB Configuration for a Dedicated MySQL Server”.

Although the new defaults are the best configuration choices for most use cases, there are special cases, as well as legacy reasons for using existing 5.7 configuration choices. For example, some people prefer to upgrade to 8.0 with as few changes to their applications or operational environment as possible. We recommend to evaluate all the new defaults and use as many as you can. Most new defaults can be tested in 5.7, so you can validate the new defaults in 5.7 production before upgrading to 8.0. For the few defaults where you need your old 5.7 value, set the corresponding configuration variable or startup option in your operational environment.

MySQL 8.0 has the Performance Schema variables_info table, which shows for each system variable the source from which it was most recently set, as well as its range of values. This provides SQL access to all there is to know about a configuration variable and its values.

Valid Performance Regressions

Performance regressions are expected between MySQL versions 5.7 and 8.0. MySQL 8.0 has more features, changes default values, is more robust, and adds security functionality and additional diagnostic information. Listed here are valid reasons for regressions between these versions which includes potential mediation options. This is not an exhaustive list.

Changes related to default values changing between MySQL versions 5.7 and 8.0:

  • Binary logs are disabled by default in 5.7, and enabled by default in 8.0.

    Mediation: Disable binary logging by specifying the --skip-log-bin or --disable-log-bin option at startup.

  • The default character set changed from latin1 to utf8mb4 in 8.0. While utf8mb4 performs significantly better in 8.0 than it did in 5.7, latin1 is faster than utf8mb4.

    Mediation: Use latin1 in 8.0 if utf8mb4 is not needed.

Transactional Data Dictionary (atomic DDL) was introduced in 8.0.

  • This increases robustness/reliability at the expense of DDL performance (CREATE / DROP intensive loads), but it should not impact the DML load (SELECT / INSERT / UPDATE / DELETE).

    Mediation: None

The more modern TLS ciphers/algorithms used as of 5.7.28 has an effect when TLS (SSL) is enabled (the default):

  • Before MySQL 5.7.28, MySQL uses the yaSSL library for the community edition and OpenSSL for the enterprise edition.

    As of MySQL 5.7.28, MySQL only uses OpenSSL with its stronger TLS ciphers, which are more costly in terms of performance.

    Upgrading to MySQL 8.0 from MySQL 5.7.28 or earlier can cause a TLS performance regression.

    Mediation: None (if TLS is required for security reasons)

Performance Schema (PFS) instrumentation is much wider in 8.0 than in 5.7:

  • PFS cannot be compiled out in MySQL 8.0 but it can be turned off. Some performance schema instrumentation will still exist even when turned off, but overhead will be smaller.

    Mediation: Set performance_schema = OFF in 8.0, or turn off performance schema instrumentation at finer granularity if some but not all PFS functionality is needed.

Truncating undo tablespaces is enabled by default in 8.0 which can significantly impact performance:

  • Historically InnoDB stored undo logs in the system tablespace but there was no way to reclaim space used by undo log. The system tablespace would only grow and not shrink, and this inspired feature requests to remedy this.

    MySQL 8.0 moved the undo log to separate tablespaces which allows both manual and automatic undo log truncation.

    However, auto-truncation has a permanent performance overhead and it can potentially cause stalls.

    Mediation: Set innodb_undo_log_truncate = OFF in 8.0, and manually truncate undo logs as needed. For related information, see Truncating Undo Tablespaces.

The character classes [[:alpha:]] or [[:digit:]] do not perform as well with regular expression functions such as REGEXP() and RLIKE() in MySQL 8.0 as they did in MySQL 5.7. This is due to the replacement in MySQL 8.0 of the Spencer regular expression library with the ICU library, which uses UTF-16 internally.

Mediation: In place of [[:alpha:]], use [a-zA-Z]; in place of [[:digit:]], use [0-9].


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