Hi, I'm new with MariaDB. We try to switch from MySQL 5.0.96 to MariaDB 10.5.9. Move data to MariaDB was easy but now we have problems with speed of ODBC connector. I tried MariaDB ODBC connector 3.1.12 with default settings without SSL and our applications (mostly written in Embarcadero RAD Studio) showed very poor performance. When I tried MySQL ODBC connector 8.0.24 everything ran smoothly. Queries through MariaDB's connector was 3-5 times slower. In general query log I found that MariaDB's connector generates a lot of queries to information_scheme.columns table and all over again it reads variable TX_ISOLATION. Short extract - MariaDB connector: 3 Query SELECT VARIABLE_VALUE FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SESSION_VARIABLES WHERE VARIABLE_NAME='TX_ISOLATION' 3 Prepare select * from stanice 3 Execute select * from stanice 3 Prepare SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA AS TABLE_CAT, NULL AS TABLE_SCHEM, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION KEY_SEQ, 'PRIMARY' PK_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE COLUMN_KEY = 'pri' AND TABLE_SCHEMA LIKE 'unicentrum' AND TABLE_NAME LIKE 'stanice' ORDER BY TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION 3 Execute SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA AS TABLE_CAT, NULL AS TABLE_SCHEM, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION KEY_SEQ, 'PRIMARY' PK_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE COLUMN_KEY = 'pri' AND TABLE_SCHEMA LIKE 'unicentrum' AND TABLE_NAME LIKE 'stanice' ORDER BY TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION 3 Close stmt 3 Reset stmt 3 Query SELECT VARIABLE_VALUE FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SESSION_VARIABLES WHERE VARIABLE_NAME='TX_ISOLATION' 3 Prepare SELECT * FROM stanice WHERE Sit_ID = ? ORDER BY Sit_ID, Podsit_ID, ID 3 Execute SELECT * FROM stanice WHERE Sit_ID = 1 ORDER BY Sit_ID, Podsit_ID, ID 3 Prepare SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA AS TABLE_CAT, NULL AS TABLE_SCHEM, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION KEY_SEQ, 'PRIMARY' PK_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE COLUMN_KEY = 'pri' AND TABLE_SCHEMA LIKE 'unicentrum' AND TABLE_NAME LIKE 'stanice' ORDER BY TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION 3 Execute SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA AS TABLE_CAT, NULL AS TABLE_SCHEM, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION KEY_SEQ, 'PRIMARY' PK_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE COLUMN_KEY = 'pri' AND TABLE_SCHEMA LIKE 'unicentrum' AND TABLE_NAME LIKE 'stanice' ORDER BY TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION 3 Close stmt 3 Reset stmt MySQL connector: 3 Query SELECT @@tx_isolation ... 3 Query select * from stanice 3 Prepare SELECT * FROM stanice WHERE Sit_ID = ? ORDER BY Sit_ID, Podsit_ID, ID 3 Execute SELECT * FROM stanice WHERE Sit_ID = '1' ORDER BY Sit_ID, Podsit_ID, ID 3 Close stmt I think those "unnecessary" queries are making difference in performance of those connectors. Does anybody have any ideas what could I do to speed up MariaDB's connector? We prefer not using MySQL connectors anymore. Thanks in advance Dušan Pavlica