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May be you want to have a look at this: <a href="https://blog.panoply.io/a-comparative-vmariadb-vs-mysql" rel="ugc">https://blog.panoply.io/a-comparative-vmariadb-vs-mysql</a>
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Good article above. &nbsp;The free 'community' editions of both of them are intended to be interchangeable. &nbsp;The non-free enterprise versions have some differences.
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Are MySQL and mariaDB &nbsp;the same ? Is there any syntax difference between them ?<br />
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Are MySQL and mariaDB  the same ? Is there any syntax difference between them ?

Thx

Difference between MySQL and MariaDB

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