Supported Versions and Features
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-SQLAlchemy supports 6 major MySQL versions: 3.23, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1 and 6.0,
-with capabilities increasing with more modern servers.
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-Versions 4.1 and higher support the basic SQL functionality that SQLAlchemy
-uses in the ORM and SQL expressions. These versions pass the applicable tests
-in the suite 100%. No heroic measures are taken to work around major missing
-SQL features- if your server version does not support sub-selects, for
+SQLAlchemy supports MySQL starting with version 4.1 through modern releases.
+However, no heroic measures are taken to work around major missing
+SQL features - if your server version does not support sub-selects, for
example, they won't work in SQLAlchemy either.
-Most available DBAPI drivers are supported; see below.
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-Feature Minimum Version
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-sqlalchemy.orm 4.1.1
-Table Reflection 3.23.x
-DDL Generation 4.1.1
-utf8/Full Unicode Connections 4.1.1
-Transactions 3.23.15
-Two-Phase Transactions 5.0.3
-Nested Transactions 5.0.3
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See the official MySQL documentation for detailed information about features
supported in any given server release.