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TiDB Features




This document lists the features supported in different TiDB versions, including Long-Term Support (LTS) versions and Development Milestone Release (DMR) versions after the latest LTS version.

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Data types, functions, and operators

Data types, functions, and operators7.57.16.56.15.45.35.25.15.04.0
Numeric typesYYYYYYYYYY
Date and time typesYYYYYYYYYY
String typesYYYYYYYYYY
JSON typeYYYEEEEEEE
Control flow functionsYYYYYYYYYY
String functionsYYYYYYYYYY
Numeric functions and operatorsYYYYYYYYYY
Date and time functionsYYYYYYYYYY
Bit functions and operatorsYYYYYYYYYY
Cast functions and operatorsYYYYYYYYYY
Encryption and compression functionsYYYYYYYYYY
Information functionsYYYYYYYYYY
JSON functionsYYYEEEEEEE
Aggregation functionsYYYYYYYYYY
Window functionsYYYYYYYYYY
Miscellaneous functionsYYYYYYYYYY
OperatorsYYYYYYYYYY
Character sets and collations 1YYYYYYYYYY
User-level lockYYYYNNNNNN

Indexing and constraints

SQL statements

SQL statements 37.57.16.56.15.45.35.25.15.04.0
Basic SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, REPLACEYYYYYYYYYY
INSERT ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATEYYYYYYYYYY
LOAD DATA INFILEYYYYYYYYYY
SELECT INTO OUTFILEYYYYYYYYYY
INNER JOIN, LEFT|RIGHT [OUTER] JOINYYYYYYYYYY
UNION, UNION ALLYYYYYYYYYY
EXCEPT and INTERSECT operatorsYYYYYYYYYN
GROUP BY, ORDER BYYYYYYYYYYY
Window FunctionsYYYYYYYYYY
Common Table Expressions (CTE)YYYYYYYYNN
START TRANSACTION, COMMIT, ROLLBACKYYYYYYYYYY
EXPLAINYYYYYYYYYY
EXPLAIN ANALYZEYYYYYYYYYY
User-defined variablesEEEEEEEEEE
BATCH [ON COLUMN] LIMIT INTEGER DELETEYYYYNNNNNN
BATCH [ON COLUMN] LIMIT INTEGER INSERT/UPDATE/REPLACEYYYNNNNNNN
ALTER TABLE ... COMPACTYYYENNNNNN
Table LockEEEEEEEEEE
TiFlash Query Result MaterializationYYENNNNNNN

Advanced SQL features

Data definition language (DDL)

Data definition language (DDL)7.57.16.56.15.45.35.25.15.04.0
Basic CREATE, DROP, ALTER, RENAME, TRUNCATEYYYYYYYYYY
Generated columnsYYEEEEEEEE
ViewsYYYYYYYYYY
SequencesYYYYYYYYYY
Auto incrementYYY4YYYYYYY
Auto randomYYYYYYYYYY
TTL (Time to Live)YYENNNNNNN
DDL algorithm assertionsYYYYYYYYYY
Multi-schema change: add columnsYYYEEEEEEE
Change column typeYYYYYYYYNN
Temporary tablesYYYYYYNNNN
Concurrent DDL statementsYYYNNNNNNN
Acceleration of ADD INDEX and CREATE INDEXYYYNNNNNNN
Metadata lockYYYNNNNNNN
FLASHBACK CLUSTERYYYNNNNNNN
Pause/Resume DDLYNNNNNNNNN

Transactions

Transactions7.57.16.56.15.45.35.25.15.04.0
Async commitYYYYYYYYYN
1PCYYYYYYYYYN
Large transactions (10GB)YYYYYYYYYY
Pessimistic transactionsYYYYYYYYYY
Optimistic transactionsYYYYYYYYYY
Repeatable-read isolation (snapshot isolation)YYYYYYYYYY
Read-committed isolationYYYYYYYYYY

Partitioning

Statistics

Statistics7.57.16.56.16.05.45.35.25.15.0
CMSketchDisabled by defaultDisabled by defaultDisabled by defaultDisabled by defaultDisabled by defaultDisabled by defaultDisabled by defaultYYY
HistogramsYYYYYYYYYY
Extended statisticsEEEEEEEEEE
Statistics feedbackNNNDeprecatedDeprecatedDeprecatedEEEE
Automatically update statisticsYYYYYYYYYY
Dynamic pruningYYYYEEEEEN
Collect statistics for PREDICATE COLUMNSEEEEEENNNN
Control the memory quota for collecting statisticsEEEENNNNNN
Randomly sample about 10000 rows of data to quickly build statisticsDeprecatedEEEEEEEEE
Lock statisticsYEENNNNNNN
Lightweight statistics initializationYENNNNNNNN
Show the progress of collecting statisticsYNNNNNNNNN

Security

Data import and export

Data import and export7.57.16.56.15.45.35.25.15.04.0
Fast import using TiDB LightningYYYYYYYYYY
Fast import using the IMPORT INTO statementYNNNNNNNNN
mydumper logical dumperDeprecatedDeprecatedDeprecatedDeprecatedDeprecatedDeprecatedDeprecatedDeprecatedDeprecatedDeprecated
Dumpling logical dumperYYYYYYYYYY
Transactional LOAD DATA 5YYYYYYYYYN 6
Database migration toolkit (DM)YYYYYYYYYY
TiDB Binlog 7YYYYYYYYYY
Change data capture (CDC)YYYYYYYYYY
Stream data to Amazon S3, GCS, Azure Blob Storage, and NFS through TiCDCYYENNNNNNN
TiCDC supports bidirectional replication between two TiDB clustersYYYNNNNNNN
TiCDC OpenAPI v2YYNNNNNNNN

Management, observability, and tools


  1. TiDB incorrectly treats latin1 as a subset of utf8. See TiDB #18955 for more details.
  2. Starting from v6.5.0, the expression indexes created on the functions listed by the tidb_allow_function_for_expression_index system variable have been tested and can be used in production environments, and more functions will be supported in the future releases. For functions not listed by this variable, the corresponding expression indexes are not recommended for use in production environments. See expression indexes for details.
  3. See Statement Reference for a full list of SQL statements supported.
  4. Starting from v6.4.0, TiDB supports high-performance and globally monotonic AUTO_INCREMENT columns
  5. Starting from TiDB v7.5.0, technical support for the data replication feature of TiDB Binlog is no longer provided. It is strongly recommended to use TiCDC as an alternative solution for data replication. Although TiDB Binlog v7.5.0 still supports the Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) scenario, this component will be completely deprecated in future versions. It is recommended to use PITR as an alternative solution for data recovery.
  6. For TiDB v4.0, the LOAD DATA transaction does not guarantee atomicity.
  7. Starting from TiDB v7.0.0, the new parameter FIELDS DEFINED NULL BY and support for importing data from S3 and GCS are experimental features.

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