Update MariaDB tests to v11.8.

This is the latest LTS version.

Author: bgrainger

.ci/docker-run.sh

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ MYSQL=mysql
 if [[ "$IMAGE" == mariadb* ]]; then
   MYSQL_EXTRA='--in-predicate-conversion-threshold=100000 --plugin-maturity=beta'
 fi
-if [ "$IMAGE" == "mariadb:11.4" ] || [ "$IMAGE" == "mariadb:11.7" ]; then
+if [ "$IMAGE" == "mariadb:11.4" ] || [ "$IMAGE" == "mariadb:11.8" ]; then
   MYSQL='mariadb'
 fi
 

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ jobs:
         image: 'mariadb:11.4'
         connectionStringExtra: ''
         unsupportedFeatures: 'CachingSha2Password,CancelSleepSuccessfully,Json,RoundDateTime,QueryAttributes,ParsecAuthentication,Redirection,Sha256Password,Tls11,UuidToBin,Vector'
-      'MariaDB 11.7':
-        image: 'mariadb:11.7'
+      'MariaDB 11.8':
+        image: 'mariadb:11.8'
         connectionStringExtra: ''
         unsupportedFeatures: 'CachingSha2Password,CancelSleepSuccessfully,Json,RoundDateTime,QueryAttributes,Redirection,Sha256Password,Tls11,UuidToBin,VectorType'
   steps:

docs/content/home.md

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Server  | Versions | Notes
 Amazon Aurora RDS | 2.x, 3.x | Use `Pipelining=False` [for Aurora 2.x](https://mysqlconnector.net/troubleshooting/aurora-freeze/)
 Azure Database for MySQL | 5.7, 8.0 | Single Server and Flexible Server
 Google Cloud SQL for MySQL | 5.6, 5.7, 8.0 |
-MariaDB | 10.x (**10.6**, **10.11**), 11.x (**11.4**, **11.7**) |
+MariaDB | 10.x (**10.6**, **10.11**), 11.x (**11.4**, **11.8**) |
 MySQL | 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 8.x (**8.0**, **8.4**), 9.x (**9.3**) | 5.5 is EOL and has some [compatibility issues](https://github.com/mysql-net/MySqlConnector/issues/1192); 5.6 and 5.7 are EOL
 Percona Server | 5.6, 5.7, 8.0 |
 PlanetScale | | See PlanetScale [MySQL compatibility notes](https://planetscale.com/docs/reference/mysql-compatibility)

tests/IntegrationTests/CharacterSetTests.cs

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public void CollationConnection(bool reopenConnection)
 
 		var collation = connection.Query<string>(@"select @@collation_connection;").Single();
 		var expected = connection.ServerVersion.Substring(0, 2) is "8." or "9." ? "utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci" :
-			connection.ServerVersion.StartsWith("11.4.", StringComparison.Ordinal) || connection.ServerVersion.StartsWith("11.7.", StringComparison.Ordinal) ? "utf8mb4_uca1400_ai_ci" :
+			connection.ServerVersion.StartsWith("11.4.", StringComparison.Ordinal) || connection.ServerVersion.StartsWith("11.8.", StringComparison.Ordinal) ? "utf8mb4_uca1400_ai_ci" :
 			"utf8mb4_general_ci";
 		Assert.Equal(expected, collation);
 	}

tests/IntegrationTests/DataTypesFixture.cs

@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ insert into datatypes_json_core (value)
 		if (AppConfig.SupportedFeatures.HasFlag(ServerFeatures.Vector))
 		{
 			// create a helper function for MariaDB 11.7+
-			if (Connection.ServerVersion.StartsWith("11.7.", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+			if (Connection.ServerVersion.StartsWith("11.8.", StringComparison.Ordinal))
 				Connection.Execute("create function if not exists STRING_TO_VECTOR(s text) returns vector(3) deterministic return Vec_FromText(s);");
 
 			Connection.Execute("""