A MySQL Journey

The ClickHouse team has made significant efforts to improve compatibility with the MySQL protocol, enabling users to connect their favorite business intelligence (BI) tools, such as Looker Studio and Tableau online, to ClickHouse without modifying their existing code. This achievement was made possible through collaboration between multiple teams within ClickHouse, including the integrations and core teams, as well as contributions from the wider ClickHouse community. The improvements include support for various MySQL functions, such as SHOW COLUMNS, NULL safe equal, MAKEDATE, STR_TO_DATE, REGEXP, INSTR(str,substr), TO_DAYS, DATE_FORMAT, and Prepared Statements. These enhancements allow users to write queries with a familiar syntax while still benefiting from ClickHouse's analytical functions and efficient query execution. The team also acknowledges the challenges of supporting MySQL in their Istio Proxy layer and provides guidance on when to use the MySQL interface versus native ClickHouse integrations.

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