Migrating to MySQL 8.0 without breaking old application – lefred’s blog: tribulations of a MySQL Evangelist

Recently I blogged about the new default authentication plugin in MySQL 8.0 and I got some comments complaining that this new authentication plugin is breaking half of applications. So first of all, if you are using an old connector or a connector (like the one for Go) not yet supporting caching_sha2_passwordas authentication plugin, you are still able to use the old…

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