Hi, Colin! On Apr 25, Colin Charles wrote:
On 24 Apr 2016, at 19:43, Peter Laursen <peter_laursen@webyog.com> wrote:
They are listed as reserved words in MySQL documentation for any version from 5.0 and up (at least): https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/keywords.html.
I think compablity with MySQL here is an even or a more valid/important concern here than standards' compliance. This is actually a minor issue with standards in MySQL ( + derivates ) as compared to lots of other non-compliances IMO.
This change should not cause any compatibility issues.
I’m with Peter here - maybe one should also file a bug with MySQL to find out why they have done so before it is removed in MariaDB Server 10.2 ?
Nah, not this time. It was done by Dmitry Lenev in 2003 on his second month in MySQL AB. You can as well ask me or Bar :) (MySQL AB back then was probably smaller than MariaDB Corporation now, and everyone knew what everyone else is doing, so we should know) And as far as I an concerned, I'm pretty sure it was implemented that way unintentionally. An omission, an easy mistake. Regards, Sergei Chief Architect MariaDB and security@mariadb.org