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+# dialects/mysql/base.py
+# Copyright (C) 2005-2026 the SQLAlchemy authors and contributors
+# <see AUTHORS file>
+#
+# This module is part of SQLAlchemy and is released under
+# the MIT License: https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+
+
+r"""
+
+.. dialect:: mysql
+    :name: MySQL / MariaDB
+    :normal_support: 5.6+ / 10+
+    :best_effort: 5.0.2+ / 5.0.2+
+
+Supported Versions and Features
+-------------------------------
+
+SQLAlchemy supports MySQL starting with version 5.0.2 through modern releases,
+as well as all modern versions of MariaDB.   See the official MySQL
+documentation for detailed information about features supported in any given
+server release.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 1.4  minimum MySQL version supported is now 5.0.2.
+
+MariaDB Support
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The MariaDB variant of MySQL retains fundamental compatibility with MySQL's
+protocols however the development of these two products continues to diverge.
+Within the realm of SQLAlchemy, the two databases have a small number of
+syntactical and behavioral differences that SQLAlchemy accommodates automatically.
+To connect to a MariaDB database, no changes to the database URL are required::
+
+
+    engine = create_engine(
+        "mysql+pymysql://user:pass@some_mariadb/dbname?charset=utf8mb4"
+    )
+
+Upon first connect, the SQLAlchemy dialect employs a
+server version detection scheme that determines if the
+backing database reports as MariaDB.  Based on this flag, the dialect
+can make different choices in those of areas where its behavior
+must be different.
+
+.. _mysql_mariadb_only_mode:
+
+MariaDB-Only Mode
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The dialect also supports an **optional** "MariaDB-only" mode of connection, which may be
+useful for the case where an application makes use of MariaDB-specific features
+and is not compatible with a MySQL database.    To use this mode of operation,
+replace the "mysql" token in the above URL with "mariadb"::
+
+    engine = create_engine(
+        "mariadb+pymysql://user:pass@some_mariadb/dbname?charset=utf8mb4"
+    )
+
+The above engine, upon first connect, will raise an error if the server version
+detection detects that the backing database is not MariaDB.
+
+When using an engine with ``"mariadb"`` as the dialect name, **all mysql-specific options
+that include the name "mysql" in them are now named with "mariadb"**.  This means
+options like ``mysql_engine`` should be named ``mariadb_engine``, etc.  Both
+"mysql" and "mariadb" options can be used simultaneously for applications that
+use URLs with both "mysql" and "mariadb" dialects::
+
+    my_table = Table(
+        "mytable",
+        metadata,
+        Column("id", Integer, primary_key=True),
+        Column("textdata", String(50)),
+        mariadb_engine="InnoDB",
+        mysql_engine="InnoDB",
+    )
+
+    Index(
+        "textdata_ix",
+        my_table.c.textdata,
+        mysql_prefix="FULLTEXT",
+        mariadb_prefix="FULLTEXT",
+    )
+
+Similar behavior will occur when the above structures are reflected, i.e. the
+"mariadb" prefix will be present in the option names when the database URL
+is based on the "mariadb" name.
+
+.. versionadded:: 1.4 Added "mariadb" dialect name supporting "MariaDB-only mode"
+   for the MySQL dialect.
+
+.. _mysql_connection_timeouts:
+
+Connection Timeouts and Disconnects
+-----------------------------------
+
+MySQL / MariaDB feature an automatic connection close behavior, for connections that
+have been idle for a fixed period of time, defaulting to eight hours.
+To circumvent having this issue, use
+the :paramref:`_sa.create_engine.pool_recycle` option which ensures that
+a connection will be discarded and replaced with a new one if it has been
+present in the pool for a fixed number of seconds::
+
+    engine = create_engine("mysql+mysqldb://...", pool_recycle=3600)
+
+For more comprehensive disconnect detection of pooled connections, including
+accommodation of  server restarts and network issues, a pre-ping approach may
+be employed.  See :ref:`pool_disconnects` for current approaches.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    :ref:`pool_disconnects` - Background on several techniques for dealing
+    with timed out connections as well as database restarts.
+
+.. _mysql_storage_engines:
+
+CREATE TABLE arguments including Storage Engines
+------------------------------------------------
+
+Both MySQL's and MariaDB's CREATE TABLE syntax includes a wide array of special options,
+including ``ENGINE``, ``CHARSET``, ``MAX_ROWS``, ``ROW_FORMAT``,
+``INSERT_METHOD``, and many more.
+To accommodate the rendering of these arguments, specify the form
+``mysql_argument_name="value"``.  For example, to specify a table with
+``ENGINE`` of ``InnoDB``, ``CHARSET`` of ``utf8mb4``, and ``KEY_BLOCK_SIZE``
+of ``1024``::
+
+  Table(
+      "mytable",
+      metadata,
+      Column("data", String(32)),
+      mysql_engine="InnoDB",
+      mysql_charset="utf8mb4",
+      mysql_key_block_size="1024",
+  )
+
+When supporting :ref:`mysql_mariadb_only_mode` mode, similar keys against
+the "mariadb" prefix must be included as well.  The values can of course
+vary independently so that different settings on MySQL vs. MariaDB may
+be maintained::
+
+  # support both "mysql" and "mariadb-only" engine URLs
+
+  Table(
+      "mytable",
+      metadata,
+      Column("data", String(32)),
+      mysql_engine="InnoDB",
+      mariadb_engine="InnoDB",
+      mysql_charset="utf8mb4",
+      mariadb_charset="utf8",
+      mysql_key_block_size="1024",
+      mariadb_key_block_size="1024",
+  )
+
+The MySQL / MariaDB dialects will normally transfer any keyword specified as
+``mysql_keyword_name`` to be rendered as ``KEYWORD_NAME`` in the
+``CREATE TABLE`` statement.  A handful of these names will render with a space
+instead of an underscore; to support this, the MySQL dialect has awareness of
+these particular names, which include ``DATA DIRECTORY``
+(e.g. ``mysql_data_directory``), ``CHARACTER SET`` (e.g.
+``mysql_character_set``) and ``INDEX DIRECTORY`` (e.g.
+``mysql_index_directory``).
+
+The most common argument is ``mysql_engine``, which refers to the storage
+engine for the table.  Historically, MySQL server installations would default
+to ``MyISAM`` for this value, although newer versions may be defaulting
+to ``InnoDB``.  The ``InnoDB`` engine is typically preferred for its support
+of transactions and foreign keys.
+
+A :class:`_schema.Table`
+that is created in a MySQL / MariaDB database with a storage engine
+of ``MyISAM`` will be essentially non-transactional, meaning any
+INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE statement referring to this table will be invoked as
+autocommit.   It also will have no support for foreign key constraints; while
+the ``CREATE TABLE`` statement accepts foreign key options, when using the
+``MyISAM`` storage engine these arguments are discarded.  Reflecting such a
+table will also produce no foreign key constraint information.
+
+For fully atomic transactions as well as support for foreign key
+constraints, all participating ``CREATE TABLE`` statements must specify a
+transactional engine, which in the vast majority of cases is ``InnoDB``.
+
+Partitioning can similarly be specified using similar options.
+In the example below the create table will specify ``PARTITION_BY``,
+``PARTITIONS``, ``SUBPARTITIONS`` and ``SUBPARTITION_BY``::
+
+    # can also use mariadb_* prefix
+    Table(
+        "testtable",
+        MetaData(),
+        Column("id", Integer(), primary_key=True, autoincrement=True),
+        Column("other_id", Integer(), primary_key=True, autoincrement=False),
+        mysql_partitions="2",
+        mysql_partition_by="KEY(other_id)",
+        mysql_subpartition_by="HASH(some_expr)",
+        mysql_subpartitions="2",
+    )
+
+This will render:
+
+.. sourcecode:: sql
+
+    CREATE TABLE testtable (
+            id INTEGER NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+            other_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+            PRIMARY KEY (id, other_id)
+    )PARTITION BY KEY(other_id) PARTITIONS 2 SUBPARTITION BY HASH(some_expr) SUBPARTITIONS 2
+
+Case Sensitivity and Table Reflection
+-------------------------------------
+
+Both MySQL and MariaDB have inconsistent support for case-sensitive identifier
+names, basing support on specific details of the underlying
+operating system. However, it has been observed that no matter
+what case sensitivity behavior is present, the names of tables in
+foreign key declarations are *always* received from the database
+as all-lower case, making it impossible to accurately reflect a
+schema where inter-related tables use mixed-case identifier names.
+
+Therefore it is strongly advised that table names be declared as
+all lower case both within SQLAlchemy as well as on the MySQL / MariaDB
+database itself, especially if database reflection features are
+to be used.
+
+.. _mysql_isolation_level:
+
+Transaction Isolation Level
+---------------------------
+
+All MySQL / MariaDB dialects support setting of transaction isolation level both via a
+dialect-specific parameter :paramref:`_sa.create_engine.isolation_level`
+accepted
+by :func:`_sa.create_engine`, as well as the
+:paramref:`.Connection.execution_options.isolation_level` argument as passed to
+:meth:`_engine.Connection.execution_options`.
+This feature works by issuing the
+command ``SET SESSION TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL <level>`` for each new
+connection.  For the special AUTOCOMMIT isolation level, DBAPI-specific
+techniques are used.
+
+To set isolation level using :func:`_sa.create_engine`::
+
+    engine = create_engine(
+        "mysql+mysqldb://scott:tiger@localhost/test",
+        isolation_level="READ UNCOMMITTED",
+    )
+
+To set using per-connection execution options::
+
+    connection = engine.connect()
+    connection = connection.execution_options(isolation_level="READ COMMITTED")
+
+Valid values for ``isolation_level`` include:
+
+* ``READ COMMITTED``
+* ``READ UNCOMMITTED``
+* ``REPEATABLE READ``
+* ``SERIALIZABLE``
+* ``AUTOCOMMIT``
+
+The special ``AUTOCOMMIT`` value makes use of the various "autocommit"
+attributes provided by specific DBAPIs, and is currently supported by
+MySQLdb, MySQL-Client, MySQL-Connector Python, and PyMySQL.   Using it,
+the database connection will return true for the value of
+``SELECT @@autocommit;``.
+
+There are also more options for isolation level configurations, such as
+"sub-engine" objects linked to a main :class:`_engine.Engine` which each apply
+different isolation level settings.  See the discussion at
+:ref:`dbapi_autocommit` for background.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    :ref:`dbapi_autocommit`
+
+AUTO_INCREMENT Behavior
+-----------------------
+
+When creating tables, SQLAlchemy will automatically set ``AUTO_INCREMENT`` on
+the first :class:`.Integer` primary key column which is not marked as a
+foreign key::
+
+  >>> t = Table(
+  ...     "mytable", metadata, Column("mytable_id", Integer, primary_key=True)
+  ... )
+  >>> t.create()
+  CREATE TABLE mytable (
+          id INTEGER NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+          PRIMARY KEY (id)
+  )
+
+You can disable this behavior by passing ``False`` to the
+:paramref:`_schema.Column.autoincrement` argument of :class:`_schema.Column`.
+This flag
+can also be used to enable auto-increment on a secondary column in a
+multi-column key for some storage engines::
+
+  Table(
+      "mytable",
+      metadata,
+      Column("gid", Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=False),
+      Column("id", Integer, primary_key=True),
+  )
+
+.. _mysql_ss_cursors:
+
+Server Side Cursors
+-------------------
+
+Server-side cursor support is available for the mysqlclient, PyMySQL,
+mariadbconnector dialects and may also be available in others.   This makes use
+of either the "buffered=True/False" flag if available or by using a class such
+as ``MySQLdb.cursors.SSCursor`` or ``pymysql.cursors.SSCursor`` internally.
+
+
+Server side cursors are enabled on a per-statement basis by using the
+:paramref:`.Connection.execution_options.stream_results` connection execution
+option::
+
+    with engine.connect() as conn:
+        result = conn.execution_options(stream_results=True).execute(
+            text("select * from table")
+        )
+
+Note that some kinds of SQL statements may not be supported with
+server side cursors; generally, only SQL statements that return rows should be
+used with this option.
+
+.. deprecated:: 1.4  The dialect-level server_side_cursors flag is deprecated
+   and will be removed in a future release.  Please use the
+   :paramref:`_engine.Connection.stream_results` execution option for
+   unbuffered cursor support.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    :ref:`engine_stream_results`
+
+.. _mysql_unicode:
+
+Unicode
+-------
+
+Charset Selection
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Most MySQL / MariaDB DBAPIs offer the option to set the client character set for
+a connection.   This is typically delivered using the ``charset`` parameter
+in the URL, such as::
+
+    e = create_engine(
+        "mysql+pymysql://scott:tiger@localhost/test?charset=utf8mb4"
+    )
+
+This charset is the **client character set** for the connection.  Some
+MySQL DBAPIs will default this to a value such as ``latin1``, and some
+will make use of the ``default-character-set`` setting in the ``my.cnf``
+file as well.   Documentation for the DBAPI in use should be consulted
+for specific behavior.
+
+The encoding used for Unicode has traditionally been ``'utf8'``.  However, for
+MySQL versions 5.5.3 and MariaDB 5.5 on forward, a new MySQL-specific encoding
+``'utf8mb4'`` has been introduced, and as of MySQL 8.0 a warning is emitted by
+the server if plain ``utf8`` is specified within any server-side directives,
+replaced with ``utf8mb3``.  The rationale for this new encoding is due to the
+fact that MySQL's legacy utf-8 encoding only supports codepoints up to three
+bytes instead of four.  Therefore, when communicating with a MySQL or MariaDB
+database that includes codepoints more than three bytes in size, this new
+charset is preferred, if supported by both the database as well as the client
+DBAPI, as in::
+
+    e = create_engine(
+        "mysql+pymysql://scott:tiger@localhost/test?charset=utf8mb4"
+    )
+
+All modern DBAPIs should support the ``utf8mb4`` charset.
+
+In order to use ``utf8mb4`` encoding for a schema that was created with  legacy
+``utf8``, changes to the MySQL/MariaDB schema and/or server configuration may be
+required.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    `The utf8mb4 Character Set \
+    <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/charset-unicode-utf8mb4.html>`_ - \
+    in the MySQL documentation
+
+.. _mysql_binary_introducer:
+
+Dealing with Binary Data Warnings and Unicode
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+MySQL versions 5.6, 5.7 and later (not MariaDB at the time of this writing) now
+emit a warning when attempting to pass binary data to the database, while a
+character set encoding is also in place, when the binary data itself is not
+valid for that encoding:
+
+.. sourcecode:: text
+
+    default.py:509: Warning: (1300, "Invalid utf8mb4 character string:
+    'F9876A'")
+      cursor.execute(statement, parameters)
+
+This warning is due to the fact that the MySQL client library is attempting to
+interpret the binary string as a unicode object even if a datatype such
+as :class:`.LargeBinary` is in use.   To resolve this, the SQL statement requires
+a binary "character set introducer" be present before any non-NULL value
+that renders like this:
+
+.. sourcecode:: sql
+
+    INSERT INTO table (data) VALUES (_binary %s)
+
+These character set introducers are provided by the DBAPI driver, assuming the
+use of mysqlclient or PyMySQL (both of which are recommended).  Add the query
+string parameter ``binary_prefix=true`` to the URL to repair this warning::
+
+    # mysqlclient
+    engine = create_engine(
+        "mysql+mysqldb://scott:tiger@localhost/test?charset=utf8mb4&binary_prefix=true"
+    )
+
+    # PyMySQL
+    engine = create_engine(
+        "mysql+pymysql://scott:tiger@localhost/test?charset=utf8mb4&binary_prefix=true"
+    )
+
+The ``binary_prefix`` flag may or may not be supported by other MySQL drivers.
+
+SQLAlchemy itself cannot render this ``_binary`` prefix reliably, as it does
+not work with the NULL value, which is valid to be sent as a bound parameter.
+As the MySQL driver renders parameters directly into the SQL string, it's the
+most efficient place for this additional keyword to be passed.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    `Character set introducers <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/charset-introducer.html>`_ - on the MySQL website
+
+
+ANSI Quoting Style
+------------------
+
+MySQL / MariaDB feature two varieties of identifier "quoting style", one using
+backticks and the other using quotes, e.g. ```some_identifier```  vs.
+``"some_identifier"``.   All MySQL dialects detect which version
+is in use by checking the value of :ref:`sql_mode<mysql_sql_mode>` when a connection is first
+established with a particular :class:`_engine.Engine`.
+This quoting style comes
+into play when rendering table and column names as well as when reflecting
+existing database structures.  The detection is entirely automatic and
+no special configuration is needed to use either quoting style.
+
+
+.. _mysql_sql_mode:
+
+Changing the sql_mode
+---------------------
+
+MySQL supports operating in multiple
+`Server SQL Modes <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/sql-mode.html>`_  for
+both Servers and Clients. To change the ``sql_mode`` for a given application, a
+developer can leverage SQLAlchemy's Events system.
+
+In the following example, the event system is used to set the ``sql_mode`` on
+the ``first_connect`` and ``connect`` events::
+
+    from sqlalchemy import create_engine, event
+
+    eng = create_engine(
+        "mysql+mysqldb://scott:tiger@localhost/test", echo="debug"
+    )
+
+
+    # `insert=True` will ensure this is the very first listener to run
+    @event.listens_for(eng, "connect", insert=True)
+    def connect(dbapi_connection, connection_record):
+        cursor = dbapi_connection.cursor()
+        cursor.execute("SET sql_mode = 'STRICT_ALL_TABLES'")
+
+
+    conn = eng.connect()
+
+In the example illustrated above, the "connect" event will invoke the "SET"
+statement on the connection at the moment a particular DBAPI connection is
+first created for a given Pool, before the connection is made available to the
+connection pool.  Additionally, because the function was registered with
+``insert=True``, it will be prepended to the internal list of registered
+functions.
+
+
+MySQL / MariaDB SQL Extensions
+------------------------------
+
+Many of the MySQL / MariaDB SQL extensions are handled through SQLAlchemy's generic
+function and operator support::
+
+  table.select(table.c.password == func.md5("plaintext"))
+  table.select(table.c.username.op("regexp")("^[a-d]"))
+
+And of course any valid SQL statement can be executed as a string as well.
+
+Some limited direct support for MySQL / MariaDB extensions to SQL is currently
+available.
+
+* INSERT..ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE:  See
+  :ref:`mysql_insert_on_duplicate_key_update`
+
+* SELECT pragma, use :meth:`_expression.Select.prefix_with` and
+  :meth:`_query.Query.prefix_with`::
+
+    select(...).prefix_with(["HIGH_PRIORITY", "SQL_SMALL_RESULT"])
+
+* UPDATE
+  with LIMIT::
+
+    from sqlalchemy.dialects.mysql import limit
+
+    update(...).ext(limit(10))
+
+  .. versionchanged:: 2.1 the :func:`_mysql.limit()` extension supersedes the
+     previous use of ``mysql_limit``
+
+* DELETE
+  with LIMIT::
+
+    from sqlalchemy.dialects.mysql import limit
+
+    delete(...).ext(limit(10))
+
+  .. versionchanged:: 2.1 the :func:`_mysql.limit()` extension supersedes the
+     previous use of ``mysql_limit``
+
+* optimizer hints, use :meth:`_expression.Select.prefix_with` and
+  :meth:`_query.Query.prefix_with`::
+
+    select(...).prefix_with("/*+ NO_RANGE_OPTIMIZATION(t4 PRIMARY) */")
+
+* index hints, use :meth:`_expression.Select.with_hint` and
+  :meth:`_query.Query.with_hint`::
+
+    select(...).with_hint(some_table, "USE INDEX xyz")
+
+* MATCH
+  operator support::
+
+        from sqlalchemy.dialects.mysql import match
+
+        select(...).where(match(col1, col2, against="some expr").in_boolean_mode())
+
+  .. seealso::
+
+    :class:`_mysql.match`
+
+INSERT/DELETE...RETURNING
+-------------------------
+
+The MariaDB dialect supports 10.5+'s ``INSERT..RETURNING`` and
+``DELETE..RETURNING`` (10.0+) syntaxes.   ``INSERT..RETURNING`` may be used
+automatically in some cases in order to fetch newly generated identifiers in
+place of the traditional approach of using ``cursor.lastrowid``, however
+``cursor.lastrowid`` is currently still preferred for simple single-statement
+cases for its better performance.
+
+To specify an explicit ``RETURNING`` clause, use the
+:meth:`._UpdateBase.returning` method on a per-statement basis::
+
+    # INSERT..RETURNING
+    result = connection.execute(
+        table.insert().values(name="foo").returning(table.c.col1, table.c.col2)
+    )
+    print(result.all())
+
+    # DELETE..RETURNING
+    result = connection.execute(
+        table.delete()
+        .where(table.c.name == "foo")
+        .returning(table.c.col1, table.c.col2)
+    )
+    print(result.all())
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.0  Added support for MariaDB RETURNING
+
+.. _mysql_insert_on_duplicate_key_update:
+
+INSERT...ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE (Upsert)
+------------------------------------------
+
+MySQL / MariaDB allow "upserts" (update or insert)
+of rows into a table via the ``ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE`` clause of the
+``INSERT`` statement.  A candidate row will only be inserted if that row does
+not match an existing primary or unique key in the table; otherwise, an UPDATE
+will be performed.   The statement allows for separate specification of the
+values to INSERT versus the values for UPDATE.
+
+SQLAlchemy provides ``ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE`` support via the MySQL-specific
+:func:`.mysql.insert()` function, which provides
+the generative method :meth:`~.mysql.Insert.on_duplicate_key_update`:
+
+.. sourcecode:: pycon+sql
+
+    >>> from sqlalchemy.dialects.mysql import insert
+
+    >>> insert_stmt = insert(my_table).values(
+    ...     id="some_existing_id", data="inserted value"
+    ... )
+
+    >>> on_duplicate_key_stmt = insert_stmt.on_duplicate_key_update(
+    ...     data=insert_stmt.inserted.data, status="U"
+    ... )
+    >>> print(on_duplicate_key_stmt)
+    {printsql}INSERT INTO my_table (id, data) VALUES (%s, %s)
+    ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE data = VALUES(data), status = %s
+
+
+Unlike PostgreSQL's "ON CONFLICT" phrase, the "ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE"
+phrase will always match on any primary key or unique key, and will always
+perform an UPDATE if there's a match; there are no options for it to raise
+an error or to skip performing an UPDATE.
+
+``ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE`` is used to perform an update of the already
+existing row, using any combination of new values as well as values
+from the proposed insertion.   These values are normally specified using
+keyword arguments passed to the
+:meth:`_mysql.Insert.on_duplicate_key_update`
+given column key values (usually the name of the column, unless it
+specifies :paramref:`_schema.Column.key`
+) as keys and literal or SQL expressions
+as values:
+
+.. sourcecode:: pycon+sql
+
+    >>> insert_stmt = insert(my_table).values(
+    ...     id="some_existing_id", data="inserted value"
+    ... )
+
+    >>> on_duplicate_key_stmt = insert_stmt.on_duplicate_key_update(
+    ...     data="some data",
+    ...     updated_at=func.current_timestamp(),
+    ... )
+
+    >>> print(on_duplicate_key_stmt)
+    {printsql}INSERT INTO my_table (id, data) VALUES (%s, %s)
+    ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE data = %s, updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+
+In a manner similar to that of :meth:`.UpdateBase.values`, other parameter
+forms are accepted, including a single dictionary:
+
+.. sourcecode:: pycon+sql
+
+    >>> on_duplicate_key_stmt = insert_stmt.on_duplicate_key_update(
+    ...     {"data": "some data", "updated_at": func.current_timestamp()},
+    ... )
+
+as well as a list of 2-tuples, which will automatically provide
+a parameter-ordered UPDATE statement in a manner similar to that described
+at :ref:`tutorial_parameter_ordered_updates`.  Unlike the :class:`_expression.Update`
+object,
+no special flag is needed to specify the intent since the argument form is
+this context is unambiguous:
+
+.. sourcecode:: pycon+sql
+
+    >>> on_duplicate_key_stmt = insert_stmt.on_duplicate_key_update(
+    ...     [
+    ...         ("data", "some data"),
+    ...         ("updated_at", func.current_timestamp()),
+    ...     ]
+    ... )
+
+    >>> print(on_duplicate_key_stmt)
+    {printsql}INSERT INTO my_table (id, data) VALUES (%s, %s)
+    ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE data = %s, updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+
+.. warning::
+
+    The :meth:`_mysql.Insert.on_duplicate_key_update`
+    method does **not** take into
+    account Python-side default UPDATE values or generation functions, e.g.
+    e.g. those specified using :paramref:`_schema.Column.onupdate`.
+    These values will not be exercised for an ON DUPLICATE KEY style of UPDATE,
+    unless they are manually specified explicitly in the parameters.
+
+
+
+In order to refer to the proposed insertion row, the special alias
+:attr:`_mysql.Insert.inserted` is available as an attribute on
+the :class:`_mysql.Insert` object; this object is a
+:class:`_expression.ColumnCollection` which contains all columns of the target
+table:
+
+.. sourcecode:: pycon+sql
+
+    >>> stmt = insert(my_table).values(
+    ...     id="some_id", data="inserted value", author="jlh"
+    ... )
+
+    >>> do_update_stmt = stmt.on_duplicate_key_update(
+    ...     data="updated value", author=stmt.inserted.author
+    ... )
+
+    >>> print(do_update_stmt)
+    {printsql}INSERT INTO my_table (id, data, author) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)
+    ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE data = %s, author = VALUES(author)
+
+When rendered, the "inserted" namespace will produce the expression
+``VALUES(<columnname>)``.
+
+rowcount Support
+----------------
+
+SQLAlchemy standardizes the DBAPI ``cursor.rowcount`` attribute to be the
+usual definition of "number of rows matched by an UPDATE or DELETE" statement.
+This is in contradiction to the default setting on most MySQL DBAPI drivers,
+which is "number of rows actually modified/deleted".  For this reason, the
+SQLAlchemy MySQL dialects always add the ``constants.CLIENT.FOUND_ROWS``
+flag, or whatever is equivalent for the target dialect, upon connection.
+This setting is currently hardcoded.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    :attr:`_engine.CursorResult.rowcount`
+
+
+.. _mysql_indexes:
+
+MySQL / MariaDB- Specific Index Options
+-----------------------------------------
+
+MySQL and MariaDB-specific extensions to the :class:`.Index` construct are available.
+
+Index Length
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+MySQL and MariaDB both provide an option to create index entries with a certain length, where
+"length" refers to the number of characters or bytes in each value which will
+become part of the index. SQLAlchemy provides this feature via the
+``mysql_length`` and/or ``mariadb_length`` parameters::
+
+    Index("my_index", my_table.c.data, mysql_length=10, mariadb_length=10)
+
+    Index("a_b_idx", my_table.c.a, my_table.c.b, mysql_length={"a": 4, "b": 9})
+
+    Index(
+        "a_b_idx", my_table.c.a, my_table.c.b, mariadb_length={"a": 4, "b": 9}
+    )
+
+Prefix lengths are given in characters for nonbinary string types and in bytes
+for binary string types. The value passed to the keyword argument *must* be
+either an integer (and, thus, specify the same prefix length value for all
+columns of the index) or a dict in which keys are column names and values are
+prefix length values for corresponding columns. MySQL and MariaDB only allow a
+length for a column of an index if it is for a CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT, BINARY,
+VARBINARY and BLOB.
+
+Index Prefixes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+MySQL storage engines permit you to specify an index prefix when creating
+an index. SQLAlchemy provides this feature via the
+``mysql_prefix`` parameter on :class:`.Index`::
+
+    Index("my_index", my_table.c.data, mysql_prefix="FULLTEXT")
+
+The value passed to the keyword argument will be simply passed through to the
+underlying CREATE INDEX, so it *must* be a valid index prefix for your MySQL
+storage engine.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    `CREATE INDEX <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/create-index.html>`_ - MySQL documentation
+
+Index Types
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Some MySQL storage engines permit you to specify an index type when creating
+an index or primary key constraint. SQLAlchemy provides this feature via the
+``mysql_using`` parameter on :class:`.Index`::
+
+    Index(
+        "my_index", my_table.c.data, mysql_using="hash", mariadb_using="hash"
+    )
+
+As well as the ``mysql_using`` parameter on :class:`.PrimaryKeyConstraint`::
+
+    PrimaryKeyConstraint("data", mysql_using="hash", mariadb_using="hash")
+
+The value passed to the keyword argument will be simply passed through to the
+underlying CREATE INDEX or PRIMARY KEY clause, so it *must* be a valid index
+type for your MySQL storage engine.
+
+More information can be found at:
+
+https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/create-index.html
+
+https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/create-table.html
+
+Index Parsers
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX in MySQL also supports a "WITH PARSER" option.  This
+is available using the keyword argument ``mysql_with_parser``::
+
+    Index(
+        "my_index",
+        my_table.c.data,
+        mysql_prefix="FULLTEXT",
+        mysql_with_parser="ngram",
+        mariadb_prefix="FULLTEXT",
+        mariadb_with_parser="ngram",
+    )
+
+.. _mysql_foreign_keys:
+
+MySQL / MariaDB Foreign Keys
+-----------------------------
+
+MySQL and MariaDB's behavior regarding foreign keys has some important caveats.
+
+Foreign Key Arguments to Avoid
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Neither MySQL nor MariaDB support the foreign key arguments "DEFERRABLE", "INITIALLY",
+or "MATCH".  Using the ``deferrable`` or ``initially`` keyword argument with
+:class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint` or :class:`_schema.ForeignKey`
+will have the effect of
+these keywords being rendered in a DDL expression, which will then raise an
+error on MySQL or MariaDB.  In order to use these keywords on a foreign key while having
+them ignored on a MySQL / MariaDB backend, use a custom compile rule::
+
+    from sqlalchemy.ext.compiler import compiles
+    from sqlalchemy.schema import ForeignKeyConstraint
+
+
+    @compiles(ForeignKeyConstraint, "mysql", "mariadb")
+    def process(element, compiler, **kw):
+        element.deferrable = element.initially = None
+        return compiler.visit_foreign_key_constraint(element, **kw)
+
+The "MATCH" keyword is in fact more insidious, and is explicitly disallowed
+by SQLAlchemy in conjunction with the MySQL or MariaDB backends.  This argument is
+silently ignored by MySQL / MariaDB, but in addition has the effect of ON UPDATE and ON
+DELETE options also being ignored by the backend.   Therefore MATCH should
+never be used with the MySQL / MariaDB backends; as is the case with DEFERRABLE and
+INITIALLY, custom compilation rules can be used to correct a
+ForeignKeyConstraint at DDL definition time.
+
+Reflection of Foreign Key Constraints
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Not all MySQL / MariaDB storage engines support foreign keys.  When using the
+very common ``MyISAM`` MySQL storage engine, the information loaded by table
+reflection will not include foreign keys.  For these tables, you may supply a
+:class:`~sqlalchemy.ForeignKeyConstraint` at reflection time::
+
+  Table(
+      "mytable",
+      metadata,
+      ForeignKeyConstraint(["other_id"], ["othertable.other_id"]),
+      autoload_with=engine,
+  )
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    :ref:`mysql_storage_engines`
+
+.. _mysql_unique_constraints:
+
+MySQL / MariaDB Unique Constraints and Reflection
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+SQLAlchemy supports both the :class:`.Index` construct with the
+flag ``unique=True``, indicating a UNIQUE index, as well as the
+:class:`.UniqueConstraint` construct, representing a UNIQUE constraint.
+Both objects/syntaxes are supported by MySQL / MariaDB when emitting DDL to create
+these constraints.  However, MySQL / MariaDB does not have a unique constraint
+construct that is separate from a unique index; that is, the "UNIQUE"
+constraint on MySQL / MariaDB is equivalent to creating a "UNIQUE INDEX".
+
+When reflecting these constructs, the
+:meth:`_reflection.Inspector.get_indexes`
+and the :meth:`_reflection.Inspector.get_unique_constraints`
+methods will **both**
+return an entry for a UNIQUE index in MySQL / MariaDB.  However, when performing
+full table reflection using ``Table(..., autoload_with=engine)``,
+the :class:`.UniqueConstraint` construct is
+**not** part of the fully reflected :class:`_schema.Table` construct under any
+circumstances; this construct is always represented by a :class:`.Index`
+with the ``unique=True`` setting present in the :attr:`_schema.Table.indexes`
+collection.
+
+
+TIMESTAMP / DATETIME issues
+---------------------------
+
+.. _mysql_timestamp_onupdate:
+
+Rendering ON UPDATE CURRENT TIMESTAMP for MySQL / MariaDB's explicit_defaults_for_timestamp
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+MySQL / MariaDB have historically expanded the DDL for the :class:`_types.TIMESTAMP`
+datatype into the phrase "TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE
+CURRENT_TIMESTAMP", which includes non-standard SQL that automatically updates
+the column with the current timestamp when an UPDATE occurs, eliminating the
+usual need to use a trigger in such a case where server-side update changes are
+desired.
+
+MySQL 5.6 introduced a new flag `explicit_defaults_for_timestamp
+<https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/server-system-variables.html
+#sysvar_explicit_defaults_for_timestamp>`_ which disables the above behavior,
+and in MySQL 8 this flag defaults to true, meaning in order to get a MySQL
+"on update timestamp" without changing this flag, the above DDL must be
+rendered explicitly.   Additionally, the same DDL is valid for use of the
+``DATETIME`` datatype as well.
+
+SQLAlchemy's MySQL dialect does not yet have an option to generate
+MySQL's "ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP" clause, noting that this is not a general
+purpose "ON UPDATE" as there is no such syntax in standard SQL.  SQLAlchemy's
+:paramref:`_schema.Column.server_onupdate` parameter is currently not related
+to this special MySQL behavior.
+
+To generate this DDL, make use of the :paramref:`_schema.Column.server_default`
+parameter and pass a textual clause that also includes the ON UPDATE clause::
+
+    from sqlalchemy import Table, MetaData, Column, Integer, String, TIMESTAMP
+    from sqlalchemy import text
+
+    metadata = MetaData()
+
+    mytable = Table(
+        "mytable",
+        metadata,
+        Column("id", Integer, primary_key=True),
+        Column("data", String(50)),
+        Column(
+            "last_updated",
+            TIMESTAMP,
+            server_default=text(
+                "CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP"
+            ),
+        ),
+    )
+
+The same instructions apply to use of the :class:`_types.DateTime` and
+:class:`_types.DATETIME` datatypes::
+
+    from sqlalchemy import DateTime
+
+    mytable = Table(
+        "mytable",
+        metadata,
+        Column("id", Integer, primary_key=True),
+        Column("data", String(50)),
+        Column(
+            "last_updated",
+            DateTime,
+            server_default=text(
+                "CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP"
+            ),
+        ),
+    )
+
+Even though the :paramref:`_schema.Column.server_onupdate` feature does not
+generate this DDL, it still may be desirable to signal to the ORM that this
+updated value should be fetched.  This syntax looks like the following::
+
+    from sqlalchemy.schema import FetchedValue
+
+
+    class MyClass(Base):
+        __tablename__ = "mytable"
+
+        id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+        data = Column(String(50))
+        last_updated = Column(
+            TIMESTAMP,
+            server_default=text(
+                "CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP"
+            ),
+            server_onupdate=FetchedValue(),
+        )
+
+.. _mysql_timestamp_null:
+
+TIMESTAMP Columns and NULL
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+MySQL historically enforces that a column which specifies the
+TIMESTAMP datatype implicitly includes a default value of
+CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, even though this is not stated, and additionally
+sets the column as NOT NULL, the opposite behavior vs. that of all
+other datatypes:
+
+.. sourcecode:: text
+
+    mysql> CREATE TABLE ts_test (
+        -> a INTEGER,
+        -> b INTEGER NOT NULL,
+        -> c TIMESTAMP,
+        -> d TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+        -> e TIMESTAMP NULL);
+    Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)
+
+    mysql> SHOW CREATE TABLE ts_test;
+    +---------+-----------------------------------------------------
+    | Table   | Create Table
+    +---------+-----------------------------------------------------
+    | ts_test | CREATE TABLE `ts_test` (
+      `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+      `b` int(11) NOT NULL,
+      `c` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+      `d` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+      `e` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL
+    ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+
+Above, we see that an INTEGER column defaults to NULL, unless it is specified
+with NOT NULL.   But when the column is of type TIMESTAMP, an implicit
+default of CURRENT_TIMESTAMP is generated which also coerces the column
+to be a NOT NULL, even though we did not specify it as such.
+
+This behavior of MySQL can be changed on the MySQL side using the
+`explicit_defaults_for_timestamp
+<https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/server-system-variables.html
+#sysvar_explicit_defaults_for_timestamp>`_ configuration flag introduced in
+MySQL 5.6.  With this server setting enabled, TIMESTAMP columns behave like
+any other datatype on the MySQL side with regards to defaults and nullability.
+
+However, to accommodate the vast majority of MySQL databases that do not
+specify this new flag, SQLAlchemy emits the "NULL" specifier explicitly with
+any TIMESTAMP column that does not specify ``nullable=False``.   In order to
+accommodate newer databases that specify ``explicit_defaults_for_timestamp``,
+SQLAlchemy also emits NOT NULL for TIMESTAMP columns that do specify
+``nullable=False``.   The following example illustrates::
+
+    from sqlalchemy import MetaData, Integer, Table, Column, text
+    from sqlalchemy.dialects.mysql import TIMESTAMP
+
+    m = MetaData()
+    t = Table(
+        "ts_test",
+        m,
+        Column("a", Integer),
+        Column("b", Integer, nullable=False),
+        Column("c", TIMESTAMP),
+        Column("d", TIMESTAMP, nullable=False),
+    )
+
+
+    from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+
+    e = create_engine("mysql+mysqldb://scott:tiger@localhost/test", echo=True)
+    m.create_all(e)
+
+output:
+
+.. sourcecode:: sql
+
+    CREATE TABLE ts_test (
+        a INTEGER,
+        b INTEGER NOT NULL,
+        c TIMESTAMP NULL,
+        d TIMESTAMP NOT NULL
+    )
+
+"""  # noqa
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections import defaultdict
+from itertools import compress
+import re
+from typing import Any
+from typing import Callable
+from typing import cast
+from typing import NoReturn
+from typing import Optional
+from typing import overload
+from typing import Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TypeVar
+from typing import Union
+
+from . import _mariadb_shim
+from . import reflection as _reflection
+from .enumerated import ENUM
+from .enumerated import SET
+from .json import JSON
+from .json import JSONIndexType
+from .json import JSONPathType
+from .reserved_words import RESERVED_WORDS_MYSQL
+from .types import _FloatType
+from .types import _IntegerType
+from .types import _MatchType
+from .types import _NumericCommonType
+from .types import _NumericType
+from .types import _StringType
+from .types import BIGINT
+from .types import BIT
+from .types import CHAR
+from .types import DATETIME
+from .types import DECIMAL
+from .types import DOUBLE
+from .types import FLOAT
+from .types import INTEGER
+from .types import LONGBLOB
+from .types import LONGTEXT
+from .types import MEDIUMBLOB
+from .types import MEDIUMINT
+from .types import MEDIUMTEXT
+from .types import NCHAR
+from .types import NUMERIC
+from .types import NVARCHAR
+from .types import REAL
+from .types import SMALLINT
+from .types import TEXT
+from .types import TIME
+from .types import TIMESTAMP
+from .types import TINYBLOB
+from .types import TINYINT
+from .types import TINYTEXT
+from .types import VARCHAR
+from .types import YEAR
+from ... import exc
+from ... import literal_column
+from ... import schema as sa_schema
+from ... import sql
+from ... import util
+from ...engine import default
+from ...engine import reflection
+from ...engine.reflection import ReflectionDefaults
+from ...sql import coercions
+from ...sql import compiler
+from ...sql import elements
+from ...sql import functions
+from ...sql import operators
+from ...sql import roles
+from ...sql import sqltypes
+from ...sql import util as sql_util
+from ...sql import visitors
+from ...sql.compiler import InsertmanyvaluesSentinelOpts
+from ...types import BINARY
+from ...types import BLOB
+from ...types import BOOLEAN
+from ...types import DATE
+from ...types import LargeBinary
+from ...types import UUID
+from ...types import VARBINARY
+from ...util import topological
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+
+    from ...dialects.mysql import expression
+    from ...dialects.mysql.dml import DMLLimitClause
+    from ...dialects.mysql.dml import OnDuplicateClause
+    from ...engine.base import Connection
+    from ...engine.cursor import CursorResult
+    from ...engine.interfaces import DBAPIConnection
+    from ...engine.interfaces import DBAPICursor
+    from ...engine.interfaces import DBAPIModule
+    from ...engine.interfaces import IsolationLevel
+    from ...engine.interfaces import PoolProxiedConnection
+    from ...engine.interfaces import ReflectedCheckConstraint
+    from ...engine.interfaces import ReflectedColumn
+    from ...engine.interfaces import ReflectedForeignKeyConstraint
+    from ...engine.interfaces import ReflectedIndex
+    from ...engine.interfaces import ReflectedPrimaryKeyConstraint
+    from ...engine.interfaces import ReflectedTableComment
+    from ...engine.interfaces import ReflectedUniqueConstraint
+    from ...engine.result import _Ts
+    from ...engine.row import Row
+    from ...schema import Table
+    from ...sql import ddl
+    from ...sql import selectable
+    from ...sql.dml import _DMLTableElement
+    from ...sql.dml import Delete
+    from ...sql.dml import Update
+    from ...sql.dml import ValuesBase
+    from ...sql.functions import aggregate_strings
+    from ...sql.functions import random
+    from ...sql.functions import rollup
+    from ...sql.functions import sysdate
+    from ...sql.sqltypes import _JSON_VALUE
+    from ...sql.type_api import TypeEngine
+    from ...sql.visitors import ExternallyTraversible
+    from ...util.typing import TupleAny
+    from ...util.typing import Unpack
+
+_T = TypeVar("_T", bound=Any)
+SET_RE = re.compile(
+    r"\s*SET\s+(?:(?:GLOBAL|SESSION)\s+)?\w", re.I | re.UNICODE
+)
+
+# old names
+MSTime = TIME
+MSSet = SET
+MSEnum = ENUM
+MSLongBlob = LONGBLOB
+MSMediumBlob = MEDIUMBLOB
+MSTinyBlob = TINYBLOB
+MSBlob = BLOB
+MSBinary = BINARY
+MSVarBinary = VARBINARY
+MSNChar = NCHAR
+MSNVarChar = NVARCHAR
+MSChar = CHAR
+MSString = VARCHAR
+MSLongText = LONGTEXT
+MSMediumText = MEDIUMTEXT
+MSTinyText = TINYTEXT
+MSText = TEXT
+MSYear = YEAR
+MSTimeStamp = TIMESTAMP
+MSBit = BIT
+MSSmallInteger = SMALLINT
+MSTinyInteger = TINYINT
+MSMediumInteger = MEDIUMINT
+MSBigInteger = BIGINT
+MSNumeric = NUMERIC
+MSDecimal = DECIMAL
+MSDouble = DOUBLE
+MSReal = REAL
+MSFloat = FLOAT
+MSInteger = INTEGER
+
+colspecs = {
+    _IntegerType: _IntegerType,
+    _NumericCommonType: _NumericCommonType,
+    _NumericType: _NumericType,
+    _FloatType: _FloatType,
+    sqltypes.Numeric: NUMERIC,
+    sqltypes.Float: FLOAT,
+    sqltypes.Double: DOUBLE,
+    sqltypes.Time: TIME,
+    sqltypes.Enum: ENUM,
+    sqltypes.MatchType: _MatchType,
+    sqltypes.JSON: JSON,
+    sqltypes.JSON.JSONIndexType: JSONIndexType,
+    sqltypes.JSON.JSONPathType: JSONPathType,
+}
+
+# Everything 3.23 through 5.1 excepting OpenGIS types.
+ischema_names = {
+    "bigint": BIGINT,
+    "binary": BINARY,
+    "bit": BIT,
+    "blob": BLOB,
+    "boolean": BOOLEAN,
+    "char": CHAR,
+    "date": DATE,
+    "datetime": DATETIME,
+    "decimal": DECIMAL,
+    "double": DOUBLE,
+    "enum": ENUM,
+    "fixed": DECIMAL,
+    "float": FLOAT,
+    "int": INTEGER,
+    "integer": INTEGER,
+    "json": JSON,
+    "longblob": LONGBLOB,
+    "longtext": LONGTEXT,
+    "mediumblob": MEDIUMBLOB,
+    "mediumint": MEDIUMINT,
+    "mediumtext": MEDIUMTEXT,
+    "nchar": NCHAR,
+    "nvarchar": NVARCHAR,
+    "numeric": NUMERIC,
+    "set": SET,
+    "smallint": SMALLINT,
+    "text": TEXT,
+    "time": TIME,
+    "timestamp": TIMESTAMP,
+    "tinyblob": TINYBLOB,
+    "tinyint": TINYINT,
+    "tinytext": TINYTEXT,
+    "uuid": UUID,
+    "varbinary": VARBINARY,
+    "varchar": VARCHAR,
+    "year": YEAR,
+}
+
+
+class MySQLExecutionContext(
+    _mariadb_shim.MariadbExecutionContextShim, default.DefaultExecutionContext
+):
+    def create_server_side_cursor(self) -> DBAPICursor:
+        if self.dialect.supports_server_side_cursors:
+            return self._dbapi_connection.cursor(
+                self.dialect._sscursor  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            )
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class MySQLCompiler(
+    _mariadb_shim.MariaDBSQLCompilerShim, compiler.SQLCompiler
+):
+    dialect: MySQLDialect
+    render_table_with_column_in_update_from = True
+    """Overridden from base SQLCompiler value"""
+
+    extract_map = compiler.SQLCompiler.extract_map.copy()
+    extract_map.update({"milliseconds": "millisecond"})
+
+    def default_from(self) -> str:
+        """Called when a ``SELECT`` statement has no froms,
+        and no ``FROM`` clause is to be appended.
+
+        """
+        if self.stack:
+            stmt = self.stack[-1]["selectable"]
+            if stmt._where_criteria:  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+                return " FROM DUAL"
+
+        return ""
+
+    def visit_random_func(self, fn: random, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return "rand%s" % self.function_argspec(fn)
+
+    def visit_rollup_func(self, fn: rollup[Any], **kw: Any) -> str:
+        clause = ", ".join(
+            elem._compiler_dispatch(self, **kw) for elem in fn.clauses
+        )
+        return f"{clause} WITH ROLLUP"
+
+    def visit_aggregate_strings_func(
+        self, fn: aggregate_strings, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+
+        order_by = getattr(fn.clauses, "aggregate_order_by", None)
+
+        cl = list(fn.clauses)
+        expr, delimiter = cl[0:2]
+
+        literal_exec = dict(kw)
+        literal_exec["literal_execute"] = True
+
+        if order_by is not None:
+            return (
+                f"group_concat({expr._compiler_dispatch(self, **kw)} "
+                f"ORDER BY {order_by._compiler_dispatch(self, **kw)} "
+                "SEPARATOR "
+                f"{delimiter._compiler_dispatch(self, **literal_exec)})"
+            )
+        else:
+            return (
+                f"group_concat({expr._compiler_dispatch(self, **kw)} "
+                "SEPARATOR "
+                f"{delimiter._compiler_dispatch(self, **literal_exec)})"
+            )
+
+    def visit_sysdate_func(self, fn: sysdate, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return "SYSDATE()"
+
+    def _render_json_extract_from_binary(
+        self, binary: elements.BinaryExpression[Any], operator: Any, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        # note we are intentionally calling upon the process() calls in the
+        # order in which they appear in the SQL String as this is used
+        # by positional parameter rendering
+
+        if binary.type._type_affinity is sqltypes.JSON:
+            return "JSON_EXTRACT(%s, %s)" % (
+                self.process(binary.left, **kw),
+                self.process(binary.right, **kw),
+            )
+
+        # for non-JSON, MySQL doesn't handle JSON null at all so it has to
+        # be explicit
+        case_expression = "CASE JSON_EXTRACT(%s, %s) WHEN 'null' THEN NULL" % (
+            self.process(binary.left, **kw),
+            self.process(binary.right, **kw),
+        )
+
+        if binary.type._type_affinity is sqltypes.Integer:
+            type_expression = (
+                "ELSE CAST(JSON_EXTRACT(%s, %s) AS SIGNED INTEGER)"
+                % (
+                    self.process(binary.left, **kw),
+                    self.process(binary.right, **kw),
+                )
+            )
+        elif binary.type._type_affinity in (sqltypes.Numeric, sqltypes.Float):
+            binary_type = cast(sqltypes.Numeric[Any], binary.type)
+            if (
+                binary_type.scale is not None
+                and binary_type.precision is not None
+            ):
+                # using DECIMAL here because MySQL does not recognize NUMERIC
+                type_expression = (
+                    "ELSE CAST(JSON_EXTRACT(%s, %s) AS DECIMAL(%s, %s))"
+                    % (
+                        self.process(binary.left, **kw),
+                        self.process(binary.right, **kw),
+                        binary_type.precision,
+                        binary_type.scale,
+                    )
+                )
+            else:
+                # FLOAT / REAL not added in MySQL til 8.0.17
+                type_expression = (
+                    "ELSE JSON_EXTRACT(%s, %s)+0.0000000000000000000000"
+                    % (
+                        self.process(binary.left, **kw),
+                        self.process(binary.right, **kw),
+                    )
+                )
+        elif binary.type._type_affinity is sqltypes.Boolean:
+            # the NULL handling is particularly weird with boolean, so
+            # explicitly return true/false constants
+            type_expression = "WHEN true THEN true ELSE false"
+        elif binary.type._type_affinity is sqltypes.String:
+            # (gord): this fails with a JSON value that's a four byte unicode
+            # string.  SQLite has the same problem at the moment
+            # (zzzeek): I'm not really sure.  let's take a look at a test case
+            # that hits each backend and maybe make a requires rule for it?
+            type_expression = "ELSE JSON_UNQUOTE(JSON_EXTRACT(%s, %s))" % (
+                self.process(binary.left, **kw),
+                self.process(binary.right, **kw),
+            )
+        else:
+            # other affinity....this is not expected right now
+            type_expression = "ELSE JSON_EXTRACT(%s, %s)" % (
+                self.process(binary.left, **kw),
+                self.process(binary.right, **kw),
+            )
+
+        return case_expression + " " + type_expression + " END"
+
+    def visit_json_getitem_op_binary(
+        self, binary: elements.BinaryExpression[Any], operator: Any, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        return self._render_json_extract_from_binary(binary, operator, **kw)
+
+    def visit_json_path_getitem_op_binary(
+        self, binary: elements.BinaryExpression[Any], operator: Any, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        return self._render_json_extract_from_binary(binary, operator, **kw)
+
+    def visit_on_duplicate_key_update(
+        self, on_duplicate: OnDuplicateClause, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        statement: ValuesBase = self.current_executable
+
+        cols: list[elements.KeyedColumnElement[Any]]
+        if on_duplicate._parameter_ordering:
+            parameter_ordering = [
+                coercions.expect(roles.DMLColumnRole, key)
+                for key in on_duplicate._parameter_ordering
+            ]
+            ordered_keys = set(parameter_ordering)
+            cols = [
+                statement.table.c[key]
+                for key in parameter_ordering
+                if key in statement.table.c
+            ] + [c for c in statement.table.c if c.key not in ordered_keys]
+        else:
+            cols = list(statement.table.c)
+
+        clauses = []
+
+        requires_mysql8_alias = statement.select is None and (
+            self.dialect._requires_alias_for_on_duplicate_key
+        )
+
+        if requires_mysql8_alias:
+            if statement.table.name.lower() == "new":  # type: ignore[union-attr]  # noqa: E501
+                _on_dup_alias_name = "new_1"
+            else:
+                _on_dup_alias_name = "new"
+
+        on_duplicate_update = {
+            coercions.expect_as_key(roles.DMLColumnRole, key): value
+            for key, value in on_duplicate.update.items()
+        }
+
+        # traverses through all table columns to preserve table column order
+        for column in (col for col in cols if col.key in on_duplicate_update):
+            val = on_duplicate_update[column.key]
+
+            def replace(
+                element: ExternallyTraversible, **kw: Any
+            ) -> Optional[ExternallyTraversible]:
+                if (
+                    isinstance(element, elements.BindParameter)
+                    and element.type._isnull
+                ):
+                    return element._with_binary_element_type(column.type)
+                elif (
+                    isinstance(element, elements.ColumnClause)
+                    and element.table is on_duplicate.inserted_alias
+                ):
+                    if requires_mysql8_alias:
+                        column_literal_clause = (
+                            f"{_on_dup_alias_name}."
+                            f"{self.preparer.quote(element.name)}"
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        column_literal_clause = (
+                            f"VALUES({self.preparer.quote(element.name)})"
+                        )
+                    return literal_column(column_literal_clause)
+                else:
+                    # element is not replaced
+                    return None
+
+            val = visitors.replacement_traverse(val, {}, replace)
+            value_text = self.process(val.self_group(), use_schema=False)
+
+            name_text = self.preparer.quote(column.name)
+            clauses.append("%s = %s" % (name_text, value_text))
+
+        non_matching = set(on_duplicate_update) - {c.key for c in cols}
+        if non_matching:
+            util.warn(
+                "Additional column names not matching "
+                "any column keys in table '%s': %s"
+                % (
+                    self.statement.table.name,  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+                    ", ".join("'%s'" % c for c in non_matching),
+                )
+            )
+
+        if requires_mysql8_alias:
+            return (
+                f"AS {_on_dup_alias_name} "
+                f"ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE {', '.join(clauses)}"
+            )
+        else:
+            return f"ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE {', '.join(clauses)}"
+
+    def visit_concat_op_expression_clauselist(
+        self, clauselist: elements.ClauseList, operator: Any, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        return "concat(%s)" % ", ".join(
+            self.process(elem, **kw) for elem in clauselist.clauses
+        )
+
+    def visit_concat_op_binary(
+        self, binary: elements.BinaryExpression[Any], operator: Any, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        return "concat(%s, %s)" % (
+            self.process(binary.left, **kw),
+            self.process(binary.right, **kw),
+        )
+
+    _match_valid_flag_combinations = frozenset(
+        (
+            # (boolean_mode, natural_language, query_expansion)
+            (False, False, False),
+            (True, False, False),
+            (False, True, False),
+            (False, False, True),
+            (False, True, True),
+        )
+    )
+
+    _match_flag_expressions = (
+        "IN BOOLEAN MODE",
+        "IN NATURAL LANGUAGE MODE",
+        "WITH QUERY EXPANSION",
+    )
+
+    def visit_mysql_match(self, element: expression.match, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return self.visit_match_op_binary(element, element.operator, **kw)
+
+    def visit_match_op_binary(
+        self, binary: expression.match, operator: Any, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        """
+        Note that `mysql_boolean_mode` is enabled by default because of
+        backward compatibility
+        """
+
+        modifiers = binary.modifiers
+
+        boolean_mode = modifiers.get("mysql_boolean_mode", True)
+        natural_language = modifiers.get("mysql_natural_language", False)
+        query_expansion = modifiers.get("mysql_query_expansion", False)
+
+        flag_combination = (boolean_mode, natural_language, query_expansion)
+
+        if flag_combination not in self._match_valid_flag_combinations:
+            flags = (
+                "in_boolean_mode=%s" % boolean_mode,
+                "in_natural_language_mode=%s" % natural_language,
+                "with_query_expansion=%s" % query_expansion,
+            )
+
+            flags_str = ", ".join(flags)
+
+            raise exc.CompileError("Invalid MySQL match flags: %s" % flags_str)
+
+        match_clause = self.process(binary.left, **kw)
+        against_clause = self.process(binary.right, **kw)
+
+        if any(flag_combination):
+            flag_expressions = compress(
+                self._match_flag_expressions,
+                flag_combination,
+            )
+
+            against_clause = " ".join([against_clause, *flag_expressions])
+
+        return "MATCH (%s) AGAINST (%s)" % (match_clause, against_clause)
+
+    def get_from_hint_text(
+        self, table: selectable.FromClause, text: Optional[str]
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
+        return text
+
+    def visit_typeclause(
+        self,
+        typeclause: elements.TypeClause,
+        type_: Optional[TypeEngine[Any]] = None,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
+        if type_ is None:
+            type_ = typeclause.type.dialect_impl(self.dialect)
+        if isinstance(type_, sqltypes.TypeDecorator):
+            return self.visit_typeclause(typeclause, type_.impl, **kw)  # type: ignore[arg-type]  # noqa: E501
+        elif isinstance(type_, sqltypes.Integer):
+            if getattr(type_, "unsigned", False):
+                return "UNSIGNED INTEGER"
+            else:
+                return "SIGNED INTEGER"
+        elif isinstance(type_, sqltypes.TIMESTAMP):
+            return "DATETIME"
+        elif isinstance(
+            type_,
+            (
+                sqltypes.DECIMAL,
+                sqltypes.DateTime,
+                sqltypes.Date,
+                sqltypes.Time,
+            ),
+        ):
+            return self.dialect.type_compiler_instance.process(type_)
+        elif isinstance(type_, sqltypes.String) and not isinstance(
+            type_, (ENUM, SET)
+        ):
+            adapted = CHAR._adapt_string_for_cast(type_)
+            return self.dialect.type_compiler_instance.process(adapted)
+        elif isinstance(type_, sqltypes._Binary):
+            return "BINARY"
+        elif isinstance(type_, sqltypes.JSON):
+            return "JSON"
+        elif isinstance(type_, sqltypes.NUMERIC):
+            return self.dialect.type_compiler_instance.process(type_).replace(
+                "NUMERIC", "DECIMAL"
+            )
+        elif (
+            isinstance(type_, sqltypes.Float)
+            and self.dialect._support_float_cast
+        ):
+            return self.dialect.type_compiler_instance.process(type_)
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def visit_cast(self, cast: elements.Cast[Any], **kw: Any) -> str:
+        type_ = self.process(cast.typeclause)
+        if type_ is None:
+            util.warn(
+                "Datatype %s does not support CAST on MySQL/MariaDb; "
+                "the CAST will be skipped."
+                % self.dialect.type_compiler_instance.process(
+                    cast.typeclause.type
+                )
+            )
+            return self.process(cast.clause.self_group(), **kw)
+
+        return "CAST(%s AS %s)" % (self.process(cast.clause, **kw), type_)
+
+    def render_literal_value(
+        self, value: Optional[str], type_: TypeEngine[Any]
+    ) -> str:
+        value = super().render_literal_value(value, type_)
+        if self.dialect._backslash_escapes:
+            value = value.replace("\\", "\\\\")
+        return value
+
+    # override native_boolean=False behavior here, as
+    # MySQL still supports native boolean
+    def visit_true(self, expr: elements.True_, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return "true"
+
+    def visit_false(self, expr: elements.False_, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return "false"
+
+    def get_select_precolumns(
+        self, select: selectable.Select[Any], **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        """Add special MySQL keywords in place of DISTINCT.
+
+        .. deprecated:: 1.4 This usage is deprecated.
+           :meth:`_expression.Select.prefix_with` should be used for special
+           keywords at the start of a SELECT.
+
+        """
+        if isinstance(select._distinct, str):
+            util.warn_deprecated(
+                "Sending string values for 'distinct' is deprecated in the "
+                "MySQL dialect and will be removed in a future release.  "
+                "Please use :meth:`.Select.prefix_with` for special keywords "
+                "at the start of a SELECT statement",
+                version="1.4",
+            )
+            return select._distinct.upper() + " "
+
+        return super().get_select_precolumns(select, **kw)
+
+    def visit_join(
+        self,
+        join: selectable.Join,
+        asfrom: bool = False,
+        from_linter: Optional[compiler.FromLinter] = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> str:
+        if from_linter:
+            from_linter.edges.add((join.left, join.right))
+
+        if join.full:
+            join_type = " FULL OUTER JOIN "
+        elif join.isouter:
+            join_type = " LEFT OUTER JOIN "
+        else:
+            join_type = " INNER JOIN "
+
+        return "".join(
+            (
+                self.process(
+                    join.left, asfrom=True, from_linter=from_linter, **kwargs
+                ),
+                join_type,
+                self.process(
+                    join.right, asfrom=True, from_linter=from_linter, **kwargs
+                ),
+                " ON ",
+                self.process(join.onclause, from_linter=from_linter, **kwargs),  # type: ignore[arg-type]  # noqa: E501
+            )
+        )
+
+    def for_update_clause(
+        self, select: selectable.GenerativeSelect, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        assert select._for_update_arg is not None
+        if select._for_update_arg.read:
+            if self.dialect.use_mysql_for_share:
+                tmp = " FOR SHARE"
+            else:
+                tmp = " LOCK IN SHARE MODE"
+        else:
+            tmp = " FOR UPDATE"
+
+        if select._for_update_arg.of and self.dialect.supports_for_update_of:
+            tables: util.OrderedSet[elements.ClauseElement] = util.OrderedSet()
+            for c in select._for_update_arg.of:
+                tables.update(sql_util.surface_selectables_only(c))
+
+            tmp += " OF " + ", ".join(
+                self.process(table, ashint=True, use_schema=False, **kw)
+                for table in tables
+            )
+
+        if select._for_update_arg.nowait:
+            tmp += " NOWAIT"
+
+        if select._for_update_arg.skip_locked:
+            tmp += " SKIP LOCKED"
+
+        return tmp
+
+    def limit_clause(
+        self, select: selectable.GenerativeSelect, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        # MySQL supports:
+        #   LIMIT <limit>
+        #   LIMIT <offset>, <limit>
+        # and in server versions > 3.3:
+        #   LIMIT <limit> OFFSET <offset>
+        # The latter is more readable for offsets but we're stuck with the
+        # former until we can refine dialects by server revision.
+
+        limit_clause, offset_clause = (
+            select._limit_clause,
+            select._offset_clause,
+        )
+
+        if limit_clause is None and offset_clause is None:
+            return ""
+        elif offset_clause is not None:
+            # As suggested by the MySQL docs, need to apply an
+            # artificial limit if one wasn't provided
+            # https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/select.html
+            if limit_clause is None:
+                # TODO: remove ??
+                # hardwire the upper limit.  Currently
+                # needed consistent with the usage of the upper
+                # bound as part of MySQL's "syntax" for OFFSET with
+                # no LIMIT.
+                return " \n LIMIT %s, %s" % (
+                    self.process(offset_clause, **kw),
+                    "18446744073709551615",
+                )
+            else:
+                return " \n LIMIT %s, %s" % (
+                    self.process(offset_clause, **kw),
+                    self.process(limit_clause, **kw),
+                )
+        else:
+            assert limit_clause is not None
+            # No offset provided, so just use the limit
+            return " \n LIMIT %s" % (self.process(limit_clause, **kw),)
+
+    def update_post_criteria_clause(
+        self, update_stmt: Update, **kw: Any
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
+        limit = update_stmt.kwargs.get("%s_limit" % self.dialect.name, None)
+        supertext = super().update_post_criteria_clause(update_stmt, **kw)
+
+        if limit is not None:
+            limit_text = f"LIMIT {int(limit)}"
+            if supertext is not None:
+                return f"{limit_text} {supertext}"
+            else:
+                return limit_text
+        else:
+            return supertext
+
+    def delete_post_criteria_clause(
+        self, delete_stmt: Delete, **kw: Any
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
+        limit = delete_stmt.kwargs.get("%s_limit" % self.dialect.name, None)
+        supertext = super().delete_post_criteria_clause(delete_stmt, **kw)
+
+        if limit is not None:
+            limit_text = f"LIMIT {int(limit)}"
+            if supertext is not None:
+                return f"{limit_text} {supertext}"
+            else:
+                return limit_text
+        else:
+            return supertext
+
+    def visit_mysql_dml_limit_clause(
+        self, element: DMLLimitClause, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        kw["literal_execute"] = True
+        return f"LIMIT {self.process(element._limit_clause, **kw)}"
+
+    def update_tables_clause(
+        self,
+        update_stmt: Update,
+        from_table: _DMLTableElement,
+        extra_froms: list[selectable.FromClause],
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> str:
+        kw["asfrom"] = True
+        return ", ".join(
+            t._compiler_dispatch(self, **kw)
+            for t in [from_table] + list(extra_froms)
+        )
+
+    def update_from_clause(
+        self,
+        update_stmt: Update,
+        from_table: _DMLTableElement,
+        extra_froms: list[selectable.FromClause],
+        from_hints: Any,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> None:
+        return None
+
+    def delete_table_clause(
+        self,
+        delete_stmt: Delete,
+        from_table: _DMLTableElement,
+        extra_froms: list[selectable.FromClause],
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> str:
+        """If we have extra froms make sure we render any alias as hint."""
+        ashint = False
+        if extra_froms:
+            ashint = True
+        return from_table._compiler_dispatch(
+            self, asfrom=True, iscrud=True, ashint=ashint, **kw
+        )
+
+    def delete_extra_from_clause(
+        self,
+        delete_stmt: Delete,
+        from_table: _DMLTableElement,
+        extra_froms: list[selectable.FromClause],
+        from_hints: Any,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> str:
+        """Render the DELETE .. USING clause specific to MySQL."""
+        kw["asfrom"] = True
+        return "USING " + ", ".join(
+            t._compiler_dispatch(self, fromhints=from_hints, **kw)
+            for t in [from_table] + extra_froms
+        )
+
+    def visit_empty_set_expr(
+        self, element_types: list[TypeEngine[Any]], **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        return (
+            "SELECT %(outer)s FROM (SELECT %(inner)s) as _empty_set WHERE 1!=1"
+            % {
+                "inner": ", ".join(
+                    "1 AS _in_%s" % idx
+                    for idx, type_ in enumerate(element_types)
+                ),
+                "outer": ", ".join(
+                    "_in_%s" % idx for idx, type_ in enumerate(element_types)
+                ),
+            }
+        )
+
+    def visit_is_distinct_from_binary(
+        self, binary: elements.BinaryExpression[Any], operator: Any, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        return "NOT (%s <=> %s)" % (
+            self.process(binary.left),
+            self.process(binary.right),
+        )
+
+    def visit_is_not_distinct_from_binary(
+        self, binary: elements.BinaryExpression[Any], operator: Any, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        return "%s <=> %s" % (
+            self.process(binary.left),
+            self.process(binary.right),
+        )
+
+    def _mysql_regexp_match(
+        self,
+        op_string: str,
+        binary: elements.BinaryExpression[Any],
+        operator: Any,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> str:
+        flags = binary.modifiers["flags"]
+
+        text = "REGEXP_LIKE(%s, %s, %s)" % (
+            self.process(binary.left, **kw),
+            self.process(binary.right, **kw),
+            self.render_literal_value(flags, sqltypes.STRINGTYPE),
+        )
+        if op_string == " NOT REGEXP ":
+            return "NOT %s" % text
+        else:
+            return text
+
+    def _regexp_match(
+        self,
+        op_string: str,
+        binary: elements.BinaryExpression[Any],
+        operator: Any,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> str:
+        assert binary.modifiers is not None
+        flags = binary.modifiers["flags"]
+        if flags is None:
+            return self._generate_generic_binary(binary, op_string, **kw)
+        else:
+            return self.dialect._dispatch_for_vendor(
+                self._mysql_regexp_match,
+                self._mariadb_regexp_match,
+                op_string,
+                binary,
+                operator,
+                **kw,
+            )
+
+    def visit_regexp_match_op_binary(
+        self, binary: elements.BinaryExpression[Any], operator: Any, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        return self._regexp_match(" REGEXP ", binary, operator, **kw)
+
+    def visit_not_regexp_match_op_binary(
+        self, binary: elements.BinaryExpression[Any], operator: Any, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        return self._regexp_match(" NOT REGEXP ", binary, operator, **kw)
+
+    def visit_regexp_replace_op_binary(
+        self, binary: elements.BinaryExpression[Any], operator: Any, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        assert binary.modifiers is not None
+        flags = binary.modifiers["flags"]
+        if flags is None:
+            return "REGEXP_REPLACE(%s, %s)" % (
+                self.process(binary.left, **kw),
+                self.process(binary.right, **kw),
+            )
+        else:
+            return self.dialect._dispatch_for_vendor(
+                self._mysql_regexp_replace_op_binary,
+                self._mariadb_regexp_replace_op_binary,
+                binary,
+                operator,
+                **kw,
+            )
+
+    def _mysql_regexp_replace_op_binary(
+        self, binary: elements.BinaryExpression[Any], operator: Any, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        flags = binary.modifiers["flags"]
+
+        return "REGEXP_REPLACE(%s, %s, %s)" % (
+            self.process(binary.left, **kw),
+            self.process(binary.right, **kw),
+            self.render_literal_value(flags, sqltypes.STRINGTYPE),
+        )
+
+
+class MySQLDDLCompiler(
+    _mariadb_shim.MariaDBDDLCompilerShim, compiler.DDLCompiler
+):
+    dialect: MySQLDialect
+
+    def get_column_specification(
+        self, column: sa_schema.Column[Any], **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        """Builds column DDL."""
+
+        return self.dialect._dispatch_for_vendor(
+            self._mysql_get_column_specification,
+            self._mariadb_get_column_specification,
+            column,
+            **kw,
+        )
+
+    def _mysql_get_column_specification(
+        self,
+        column: sa_schema.Column[Any],
+        *,
+        _force_column_to_nullable: bool = False,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> str:
+
+        colspec = [
+            self.preparer.format_column(column),
+            self.dialect.type_compiler_instance.process(
+                column.type, type_expression=column
+            ),
+        ]
+
+        if column.computed is not None:
+            colspec.append(self.process(column.computed))
+
+        is_timestamp = isinstance(
+            column.type._unwrapped_dialect_impl(self.dialect),
+            sqltypes.TIMESTAMP,
+        )
+
+        if not column.nullable and not _force_column_to_nullable:
+            colspec.append("NOT NULL")
+
+        # see: https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/dialects/mysql.html#mysql_timestamp_null  # noqa
+        elif column.nullable and is_timestamp:
+            colspec.append("NULL")
+
+        comment = column.comment
+        if comment is not None:
+            literal = self.sql_compiler.render_literal_value(
+                comment, sqltypes.String()
+            )
+            colspec.append("COMMENT " + literal)
+
+        if (
+            column.table is not None
+            and column is column.table._autoincrement_column
+            and (
+                column.server_default is None
+                or isinstance(column.server_default, sa_schema.Identity)
+            )
+            and not (
+                self.dialect.supports_sequences
+                and isinstance(column.default, sa_schema.Sequence)
+                and not column.default.optional
+            )
+        ):
+            colspec.append("AUTO_INCREMENT")
+        else:
+            default = self.get_column_default_string(column)
+
+            if default is not None:
+                if (
+                    self.dialect._support_default_function
+                    and not re.match(r"^\s*[\'\"\(]", default)
+                    and not re.search(r"ON +UPDATE", default, re.I)
+                    and not re.match(
+                        r"\bnow\(\d+\)|\bcurrent_timestamp\(\d+\)",
+                        default,
+                        re.I,
+                    )
+                    and re.match(r".*\W.*", default)
+                ):
+                    colspec.append(f"DEFAULT ({default})")
+                else:
+                    colspec.append("DEFAULT " + default)
+        return " ".join(colspec)
+
+    def post_create_table(self, table: sa_schema.Table) -> str:
+        """Build table-level CREATE options like ENGINE and COLLATE."""
+
+        table_opts = []
+
+        opts = {
+            k[len(self.dialect.name) + 1 :].upper(): v
+            for k, v in table.kwargs.items()
+            if k.startswith("%s_" % self.dialect.name)
+        }
+
+        if table.comment is not None:
+            opts["COMMENT"] = table.comment
+
+        partition_options = [
+            "PARTITION_BY",
+            "PARTITIONS",
+            "SUBPARTITIONS",
+            "SUBPARTITION_BY",
+        ]
+
+        nonpart_options = set(opts).difference(partition_options)
+        part_options = set(opts).intersection(partition_options)
+
+        for opt in topological.sort(
+            [
+                ("DEFAULT_CHARSET", "COLLATE"),
+                ("DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET", "COLLATE"),
+                ("CHARSET", "COLLATE"),
+                ("CHARACTER_SET", "COLLATE"),
+            ],
+            nonpart_options,
+        ):
+            arg = opts[opt]
+            if opt in _reflection._options_of_type_string:
+                arg = self.sql_compiler.render_literal_value(
+                    arg, sqltypes.String()
+                )
+
+            if opt in (
+                "DATA_DIRECTORY",
+                "INDEX_DIRECTORY",
+                "DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET",
+                "CHARACTER_SET",
+                "DEFAULT_CHARSET",
+                "DEFAULT_COLLATE",
+            ):
+                opt = opt.replace("_", " ")
+
+            joiner = "="
+            if opt in (
+                "TABLESPACE",
+                "DEFAULT CHARACTER SET",
+                "CHARACTER SET",
+                "COLLATE",
+            ):
+                joiner = " "
+
+            table_opts.append(joiner.join((opt, arg)))
+
+        for opt in topological.sort(
+            [
+                ("PARTITION_BY", "PARTITIONS"),
+                ("PARTITION_BY", "SUBPARTITION_BY"),
+                ("PARTITION_BY", "SUBPARTITIONS"),
+                ("PARTITIONS", "SUBPARTITIONS"),
+                ("PARTITIONS", "SUBPARTITION_BY"),
+                ("SUBPARTITION_BY", "SUBPARTITIONS"),
+            ],
+            part_options,
+        ):
+            arg = opts[opt]
+            if opt in _reflection._options_of_type_string:
+                arg = self.sql_compiler.render_literal_value(
+                    arg, sqltypes.String()
+                )
+
+            opt = opt.replace("_", " ")
+            joiner = " "
+
+            table_opts.append(joiner.join((opt, arg)))
+
+        return " ".join(table_opts)
+
+    def visit_create_index(self, create: ddl.CreateIndex, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # noqa: E501
+        index = create.element
+        self._verify_index_table(index)
+        preparer = self.preparer
+        table = preparer.format_table(index.table)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+
+        columns = [
+            self.sql_compiler.process(
+                (
+                    elements.Grouping(expr)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+                    if (
+                        isinstance(expr, elements.BinaryExpression)
+                        or (
+                            isinstance(expr, elements.UnaryExpression)
+                            and expr.modifier
+                            not in (operators.desc_op, operators.asc_op)
+                        )
+                        or isinstance(expr, functions.FunctionElement)
+                    )
+                    else expr
+                ),
+                include_table=False,
+                literal_binds=True,
+            )
+            for expr in index.expressions
+        ]
+
+        name = self._prepared_index_name(index)
+
+        text = "CREATE "
+        if index.unique:
+            text += "UNIQUE "
+
+        index_prefix = index.get_dialect_option(self.dialect, "prefix")
+        if index_prefix:
+            text += index_prefix + " "
+
+        text += "INDEX "
+        if create.if_not_exists:
+            text += "IF NOT EXISTS "
+        text += "%s ON %s " % (name, table)
+
+        length = index.get_dialect_option(self.dialect, "length")
+        if length is not None:
+            if isinstance(length, dict):
+                # length value can be a (column_name --> integer value)
+                # mapping specifying the prefix length for each column of the
+                # index
+                columns_str = ", ".join(
+                    (
+                        "%s(%d)" % (expr, length[col.name])  # type: ignore[union-attr]  # noqa: E501
+                        if col.name in length  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+                        else (
+                            "%s(%d)" % (expr, length[expr])
+                            if expr in length
+                            else "%s" % expr
+                        )
+                    )
+                    for col, expr in zip(index.expressions, columns)
+                )
+            else:
+                # or can be an integer value specifying the same
+                # prefix length for all columns of the index
+                columns_str = ", ".join(
+                    "%s(%d)" % (col, length) for col in columns
+                )
+        else:
+            columns_str = ", ".join(columns)
+        text += "(%s)" % columns_str
+
+        parser = index.get_dialect_option(
+            self.dialect, "with_parser", deprecated_fallback="mysql"
+        )
+        if parser is not None:
+            text += " WITH PARSER %s" % (parser,)
+
+        using = index.get_dialect_option(
+            self.dialect, "using", deprecated_fallback="mysql"
+        )
+        if using is not None:
+            text += " USING %s" % (preparer.quote(using))
+
+        return text
+
+    def visit_primary_key_constraint(
+        self, constraint: sa_schema.PrimaryKeyConstraint, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        text = super().visit_primary_key_constraint(constraint)
+        using = constraint.get_dialect_option(
+            self.dialect, "using", deprecated_fallback="mysql"
+        )
+        if using:
+            text += " USING %s" % (self.preparer.quote(using))
+        return text
+
+    def visit_drop_index(self, drop: ddl.DropIndex, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        index = drop.element
+        text = "\nDROP INDEX "
+        if drop.if_exists:
+            text += "IF EXISTS "
+
+        return text + "%s ON %s" % (
+            self._prepared_index_name(index, include_schema=False),
+            self.preparer.format_table(index.table),  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        )
+
+    def visit_drop_constraint(
+        self, drop: ddl.DropConstraint, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        constraint = drop.element
+        if isinstance(constraint, sa_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint):
+            qual = "FOREIGN KEY "
+            const = self.preparer.format_constraint(constraint)
+        elif isinstance(constraint, sa_schema.PrimaryKeyConstraint):
+            qual = "PRIMARY KEY "
+            const = ""
+        elif isinstance(constraint, sa_schema.UniqueConstraint):
+            qual = "INDEX "
+            const = self.preparer.format_constraint(constraint)
+        elif isinstance(constraint, sa_schema.CheckConstraint):
+            return self.dialect._dispatch_for_vendor(
+                self._mysql_visit_drop_check_constraint,
+                self._mariadb_visit_drop_check_constraint,
+                drop,
+                **kw,
+            )
+        else:
+            qual = ""
+            const = self.preparer.format_constraint(constraint)
+        return "ALTER TABLE %s DROP %s%s" % (
+            self.preparer.format_table(constraint.table),
+            qual,
+            const,
+        )
+
+    def _mysql_visit_drop_check_constraint(
+        self, drop: ddl.DropConstraint, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        constraint = drop.element
+        qual = "CHECK "
+        const = self.preparer.format_constraint(constraint)
+        return "ALTER TABLE %s DROP %s%s" % (
+            self.preparer.format_table(constraint.table),
+            qual,
+            const,
+        )
+
+    def define_constraint_match(
+        self, constraint: sa_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint
+    ) -> str:
+        if constraint.match is not None:
+            raise exc.CompileError(
+                "MySQL ignores the 'MATCH' keyword while at the same time "
+                "causes ON UPDATE/ON DELETE clauses to be ignored."
+            )
+        return ""
+
+    def visit_set_table_comment(
+        self, create: ddl.SetTableComment, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        return "ALTER TABLE %s COMMENT %s" % (
+            self.preparer.format_table(create.element),
+            self.sql_compiler.render_literal_value(
+                create.element.comment, sqltypes.String()
+            ),
+        )
+
+    def visit_drop_table_comment(
+        self, drop: ddl.DropTableComment, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        return "ALTER TABLE %s COMMENT ''" % (
+            self.preparer.format_table(drop.element)
+        )
+
+    def visit_set_column_comment(
+        self, create: ddl.SetColumnComment, **kw: Any
+    ) -> str:
+        return "ALTER TABLE %s CHANGE %s %s" % (
+            self.preparer.format_table(create.element.table),
+            self.preparer.format_column(create.element),
+            self.get_column_specification(create.element),
+        )
+
+
+class MySQLTypeCompiler(
+    _mariadb_shim.MariaDBTypeCompilerShim, compiler.GenericTypeCompiler
+):
+    def _extend_numeric(self, type_: _NumericCommonType, spec: str) -> str:
+        "Extend a numeric-type declaration with MySQL specific extensions."
+
+        if not self._mysql_type(type_):
+            return spec
+
+        if type_.unsigned:
+            spec += " UNSIGNED"
+        if type_.zerofill:
+            spec += " ZEROFILL"
+        return spec
+
+    def _extend_string(
+        self, type_: _StringType, defaults: dict[str, Any], spec: str
+    ) -> str:
+        """Extend a string-type declaration with standard SQL CHARACTER SET /
+        COLLATE annotations and MySQL specific extensions.
+
+        """
+
+        def attr(name: str) -> Any:
+            return getattr(type_, name, defaults.get(name))
+
+        if attr("charset"):
+            charset = "CHARACTER SET %s" % attr("charset")
+        elif attr("ascii"):
+            charset = "ASCII"
+        elif attr("unicode"):
+            charset = "UNICODE"
+        else:
+
+            charset = None
+
+        if attr("collation"):
+            collation = "COLLATE %s" % type_.collation
+        elif attr("binary"):
+            collation = "BINARY"
+        else:
+            collation = None
+
+        if attr("national"):
+            # NATIONAL (aka NCHAR/NVARCHAR) trumps charsets.
+            return " ".join(
+                [c for c in ("NATIONAL", spec, collation) if c is not None]
+            )
+        return " ".join(
+            [c for c in (spec, charset, collation) if c is not None]
+        )
+
+    def _mysql_type(self, type_: Any) -> bool:
+        return isinstance(type_, (_StringType, _NumericCommonType))
+
+    def visit_NUMERIC(self, type_: NUMERIC, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if type_.precision is None:
+            return self._extend_numeric(type_, "NUMERIC")
+        elif type_.scale is None:
+            return self._extend_numeric(
+                type_,
+                "NUMERIC(%(precision)s)" % {"precision": type_.precision},
+            )
+        else:
+            return self._extend_numeric(
+                type_,
+                "NUMERIC(%(precision)s, %(scale)s)"
+                % {"precision": type_.precision, "scale": type_.scale},
+            )
+
+    def visit_DECIMAL(self, type_: DECIMAL, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if type_.precision is None:
+            return self._extend_numeric(type_, "DECIMAL")
+        elif type_.scale is None:
+            return self._extend_numeric(
+                type_,
+                "DECIMAL(%(precision)s)" % {"precision": type_.precision},
+            )
+        else:
+            return self._extend_numeric(
+                type_,
+                "DECIMAL(%(precision)s, %(scale)s)"
+                % {"precision": type_.precision, "scale": type_.scale},
+            )
+
+    def visit_DOUBLE(self, type_: DOUBLE, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if type_.precision is not None and type_.scale is not None:
+            return self._extend_numeric(
+                type_,
+                "DOUBLE(%(precision)s, %(scale)s)"
+                % {"precision": type_.precision, "scale": type_.scale},
+            )
+        else:
+            return self._extend_numeric(type_, "DOUBLE")
+
+    def visit_REAL(self, type_: REAL, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if type_.precision is not None and type_.scale is not None:
+            return self._extend_numeric(
+                type_,
+                "REAL(%(precision)s, %(scale)s)"
+                % {"precision": type_.precision, "scale": type_.scale},
+            )
+        else:
+            return self._extend_numeric(type_, "REAL")
+
+    def visit_FLOAT(self, type_: FLOAT, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if (
+            self._mysql_type(type_)
+            and type_.scale is not None
+            and type_.precision is not None
+        ):
+            return self._extend_numeric(
+                type_, "FLOAT(%s, %s)" % (type_.precision, type_.scale)
+            )
+        elif type_.precision is not None:
+            return self._extend_numeric(
+                type_, "FLOAT(%s)" % (type_.precision,)
+            )
+        else:
+            return self._extend_numeric(type_, "FLOAT")
+
+    def visit_INTEGER(self, type_: INTEGER, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if self._mysql_type(type_) and type_.display_width is not None:
+            return self._extend_numeric(
+                type_,
+                "INTEGER(%(display_width)s)"
+                % {"display_width": type_.display_width},
+            )
+        else:
+            return self._extend_numeric(type_, "INTEGER")
+
+    def visit_BIGINT(self, type_: BIGINT, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if self._mysql_type(type_) and type_.display_width is not None:
+            return self._extend_numeric(
+                type_,
+                "BIGINT(%(display_width)s)"
+                % {"display_width": type_.display_width},
+            )
+        else:
+            return self._extend_numeric(type_, "BIGINT")
+
+    def visit_MEDIUMINT(self, type_: MEDIUMINT, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        if self._mysql_type(type_) and type_.display_width is not None:
+            return self._extend_numeric(
+                type_,
+                "MEDIUMINT(%(display_width)s)"
+                % {"display_width": type_.display_width},
+            )
+        else:
+            return self._extend_numeric(type_, "MEDIUMINT")
+
+    def visit_TINYINT(self, type_: TINYINT, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        if self._mysql_type(type_) and type_.display_width is not None:
+            return self._extend_numeric(
+                type_, "TINYINT(%s)" % type_.display_width
+            )
+        else:
+            return self._extend_numeric(type_, "TINYINT")
+
+    def visit_SMALLINT(self, type_: SMALLINT, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if self._mysql_type(type_) and type_.display_width is not None:
+            return self._extend_numeric(
+                type_,
+                "SMALLINT(%(display_width)s)"
+                % {"display_width": type_.display_width},
+            )
+        else:
+            return self._extend_numeric(type_, "SMALLINT")
+
+    def visit_BIT(self, type_: BIT, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        if type_.length is not None:
+            return "BIT(%s)" % type_.length
+        else:
+            return "BIT"
+
+    def visit_DATETIME(self, type_: DATETIME, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if getattr(type_, "fsp", None):
+            return "DATETIME(%d)" % type_.fsp  # type: ignore[str-format]
+        else:
+            return "DATETIME"
+
+    def visit_DATE(self, type_: DATE, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        return "DATE"
+
+    def visit_TIME(self, type_: TIME, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if getattr(type_, "fsp", None):
+            return "TIME(%d)" % type_.fsp  # type: ignore[str-format]
+        else:
+            return "TIME"
+
+    def visit_TIMESTAMP(self, type_: TIMESTAMP, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if getattr(type_, "fsp", None):
+            return "TIMESTAMP(%d)" % type_.fsp  # type: ignore[str-format]
+        else:
+            return "TIMESTAMP"
+
+    def visit_YEAR(self, type_: YEAR, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        if type_.display_width is None:
+            return "YEAR"
+        else:
+            return "YEAR(%s)" % type_.display_width
+
+    def visit_TEXT(self, type_: TEXT, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if type_.length is not None:
+            return self._extend_string(type_, {}, "TEXT(%d)" % type_.length)
+        else:
+            return self._extend_string(type_, {}, "TEXT")
+
+    def visit_TINYTEXT(self, type_: TINYTEXT, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return self._extend_string(type_, {}, "TINYTEXT")
+
+    def visit_MEDIUMTEXT(self, type_: MEDIUMTEXT, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return self._extend_string(type_, {}, "MEDIUMTEXT")
+
+    def visit_LONGTEXT(self, type_: LONGTEXT, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return self._extend_string(type_, {}, "LONGTEXT")
+
+    def visit_VARCHAR(self, type_: VARCHAR, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if type_.length is not None:
+            return self._extend_string(type_, {}, "VARCHAR(%d)" % type_.length)
+        else:
+            raise exc.CompileError(
+                "VARCHAR requires a length on dialect %s" % self.dialect.name
+            )
+
+    def visit_CHAR(self, type_: CHAR, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if type_.length is not None:
+            return self._extend_string(
+                type_, {}, "CHAR(%(length)s)" % {"length": type_.length}
+            )
+        else:
+            return self._extend_string(type_, {}, "CHAR")
+
+    def visit_NVARCHAR(self, type_: NVARCHAR, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        # We'll actually generate the equiv. "NATIONAL VARCHAR" instead
+        # of "NVARCHAR".
+        if type_.length is not None:
+            return self._extend_string(
+                type_,
+                {"national": True},
+                "VARCHAR(%(length)s)" % {"length": type_.length},
+            )
+        else:
+            raise exc.CompileError(
+                "NVARCHAR requires a length on dialect %s" % self.dialect.name
+            )
+
+    def visit_NCHAR(self, type_: NCHAR, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        # We'll actually generate the equiv.
+        # "NATIONAL CHAR" instead of "NCHAR".
+        if type_.length is not None:
+            return self._extend_string(
+                type_,
+                {"national": True},
+                "CHAR(%(length)s)" % {"length": type_.length},
+            )
+        else:
+            return self._extend_string(type_, {"national": True}, "CHAR")
+
+    def visit_UUID(self, type_: UUID[Any], **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        return "UUID"
+
+    def visit_VARBINARY(self, type_: VARBINARY, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return "VARBINARY(%d)" % type_.length  # type: ignore[str-format]
+
+    def visit_JSON(self, type_: JSON[Any], **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return "JSON"
+
+    def visit_large_binary(self, type_: LargeBinary, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return self.visit_BLOB(type_)
+
+    def visit_enum(self, type_: ENUM, **kw: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[override]  # NOQA: E501
+        if not type_.native_enum:
+            return super().visit_enum(type_)
+        else:
+            return self._visit_enumerated_values("ENUM", type_, type_.enums)
+
+    def visit_BLOB(self, type_: LargeBinary, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        if type_.length is not None:
+            return "BLOB(%d)" % type_.length
+        else:
+            return "BLOB"
+
+    def visit_TINYBLOB(self, type_: TINYBLOB, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return "TINYBLOB"
+
+    def visit_MEDIUMBLOB(self, type_: MEDIUMBLOB, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return "MEDIUMBLOB"
+
+    def visit_LONGBLOB(self, type_: LONGBLOB, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return "LONGBLOB"
+
+    def _visit_enumerated_values(
+        self, name: str, type_: _StringType, enumerated_values: Sequence[str]
+    ) -> str:
+        quoted_enums = []
+        for e in enumerated_values:
+            if self.dialect.identifier_preparer._double_percents:
+                e = e.replace("%", "%%")
+            quoted_enums.append("'%s'" % e.replace("'", "''"))
+        return self._extend_string(
+            type_, {}, "%s(%s)" % (name, ",".join(quoted_enums))
+        )
+
+    def visit_ENUM(self, type_: ENUM, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return self._visit_enumerated_values("ENUM", type_, type_.enums)
+
+    def visit_SET(self, type_: SET, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return self._visit_enumerated_values("SET", type_, type_.values)
+
+    def visit_BOOLEAN(self, type_: sqltypes.Boolean, **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return "BOOL"
+
+
+class MySQLIdentifierPreparer(
+    _mariadb_shim.MariaDBIdentifierPreparerShim, compiler.IdentifierPreparer
+):
+    reserved_words = RESERVED_WORDS_MYSQL
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        dialect: default.DefaultDialect,
+        server_ansiquotes: bool = False,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ):
+        if not server_ansiquotes:
+            quote = "`"
+        else:
+            quote = '"'
+
+        super().__init__(dialect, initial_quote=quote, escape_quote=quote)
+
+    def _quote_free_identifiers(self, *ids: Optional[str]) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+        """Unilaterally identifier-quote any number of strings."""
+
+        return tuple([self.quote_identifier(i) for i in ids if i is not None])
+
+
+class MySQLDialect(_mariadb_shim.MariaDBShim, default.DefaultDialect):
+    """Details of the MySQL dialect.
+    Not used directly in application code.
+    """
+
+    name = "mysql"
+
+    is_mariadb = False
+
+    supports_statement_cache = True
+
+    supports_alter = True
+
+    # MySQL has no true "boolean" type; we
+    # allow for the "true" and "false" keywords, however
+    supports_native_boolean = False
+
+    # support for BIT type; mysqlconnector coerces result values automatically,
+    # all other MySQL DBAPIs require a conversion routine
+    supports_native_bit = False
+
+    # identifiers are 64, however aliases can be 255...
+    max_identifier_length = 255
+    max_index_name_length = 64
+    max_constraint_name_length = 64
+
+    div_is_floordiv = False
+
+    supports_native_enum = True
+
+    returns_native_bytes = True
+
+    # ... may be updated to True for MariaDB 10.3+ in initialize()
+    supports_sequences = False
+
+    sequences_optional = False
+
+    # ... may be updated to True for MySQL 8+ in initialize()
+    supports_for_update_of = False
+
+    # mysql 8.0.1 uses this syntax
+    use_mysql_for_share = False
+
+    # Only available ... ... in MySQL 8+
+    _requires_alias_for_on_duplicate_key = False
+
+    # MySQL doesn't support "DEFAULT VALUES" but *does* support
+    # "VALUES (DEFAULT)"
+    supports_default_values = False
+    supports_default_metavalue = True
+
+    use_insertmanyvalues: bool = True
+    insertmanyvalues_implicit_sentinel = (
+        InsertmanyvaluesSentinelOpts.ANY_AUTOINCREMENT
+    )
+
+    supports_sane_rowcount = True
+    supports_sane_multi_rowcount = False
+    supports_multivalues_insert = True
+    insert_null_pk_still_autoincrements = True
+
+    supports_comments = True
+    inline_comments = True
+    default_paramstyle = "format"
+    colspecs = colspecs
+
+    cte_follows_insert = True
+
+    statement_compiler = MySQLCompiler
+    ddl_compiler = MySQLDDLCompiler
+    type_compiler_cls = MySQLTypeCompiler
+    ischema_names = ischema_names
+    preparer: type[MySQLIdentifierPreparer] = MySQLIdentifierPreparer
+
+    # default SQL compilation settings -
+    # these are modified upon initialize(),
+    # i.e. first connect
+    _backslash_escapes = True
+    _server_ansiquotes = False
+    _support_default_function = True
+    _support_float_cast = False
+
+    server_version_info: tuple[int, ...]
+    identifier_preparer: MySQLIdentifierPreparer
+
+    construct_arguments = [
+        (sa_schema.Table, {"*": None}),
+        (sql.Update, {"limit": None}),
+        (sql.Delete, {"limit": None}),
+        (sa_schema.PrimaryKeyConstraint, {"using": None}),
+        (
+            sa_schema.Index,
+            {
+                "using": None,
+                "length": None,
+                "prefix": None,
+                "with_parser": None,
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        json_serializer: Callable[[_JSON_VALUE], str] | None = None,
+        json_deserializer: Callable[[str], _JSON_VALUE] | None = None,
+        is_mariadb: Optional[bool] = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> None:
+        kwargs.pop("use_ansiquotes", None)  # legacy
+        default.DefaultDialect.__init__(self, **kwargs)
+        self._json_serializer = json_serializer
+        self._json_deserializer = json_deserializer
+        self._set_mariadb(is_mariadb, ())
+
+    def get_isolation_level_values(
+        self, dbapi_conn: DBAPIConnection
+    ) -> Sequence[IsolationLevel]:
+        return (
+            "SERIALIZABLE",
+            "READ UNCOMMITTED",
+            "READ COMMITTED",
+            "REPEATABLE READ",
+        )
+
+    def set_isolation_level(
+        self, dbapi_connection: DBAPIConnection, level: IsolationLevel
+    ) -> None:
+        cursor = dbapi_connection.cursor()
+        cursor.execute(f"SET SESSION TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL {level}")
+        cursor.execute("COMMIT")
+        cursor.close()
+
+    def get_isolation_level(
+        self, dbapi_connection: DBAPIConnection
+    ) -> IsolationLevel:
+        cursor = dbapi_connection.cursor()
+        if self._is_mysql and self.server_version_info >= (5, 7, 20):
+            cursor.execute("SELECT @@transaction_isolation")
+        else:
+            cursor.execute("SELECT @@tx_isolation")
+        row = cursor.fetchone()
+        if row is None:
+            util.warn(
+                "Could not retrieve transaction isolation level for MySQL "
+                "connection."
+            )
+            raise NotImplementedError()
+        val = row[0]
+        cursor.close()
+        if isinstance(val, bytes):
+            val = val.decode()
+        return val.upper().replace("-", " ")  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
+
+    def _get_server_version_info(
+        self, connection: Connection
+    ) -> tuple[int, ...]:
+        # get database server version info explicitly over the wire
+        # to avoid proxy servers like MaxScale getting in the
+        # way with their own values, see #4205
+        dbapi_con = connection.connection
+        cursor = dbapi_con.cursor()
+        cursor.execute("SELECT VERSION()")
+
+        val = cursor.fetchone()[0]  # type: ignore[index]
+        cursor.close()
+        if isinstance(val, bytes):
+            val = val.decode()
+
+        return self._parse_server_version(val)
+
+    def _parse_server_version(self, val: str) -> tuple[int, ...]:
+        version: list[int] = []
+        is_mariadb = False
+
+        r = re.compile(r"[.\-+]")
+        tokens = r.split(val)
+
+        _mariadb_normalized_version_info = None
+        for token in tokens:
+            parsed_token = re.match(
+                r"^(?:(\d+)(?:a|b|c)?|(MariaDB\w*))$", token
+            )
+            if not parsed_token:
+                continue
+            elif parsed_token.group(2):
+                _mariadb_normalized_version_info = tuple(version[-3:])
+                is_mariadb = True
+            else:
+                digit = int(parsed_token.group(1))
+                version.append(digit)
+
+        if _mariadb_normalized_version_info:
+            server_version_info = _mariadb_normalized_version_info
+        else:
+            server_version_info = tuple(version)
+
+        self._set_mariadb(
+            bool(server_version_info and is_mariadb), server_version_info
+        )
+
+        if server_version_info < (5, 0, 2):
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "the MySQL/MariaDB dialect supports server "
+                "version info 5.0.2 and above."
+            )
+
+        # setting it here to help w the test suite
+        self.server_version_info = server_version_info
+        return server_version_info
+
+    def do_begin_twophase(self, connection: Connection, xid: Any) -> None:
+        connection.execute(sql.text("XA BEGIN :xid"), dict(xid=xid))
+
+    def do_prepare_twophase(self, connection: Connection, xid: Any) -> None:
+        connection.execute(sql.text("XA END :xid"), dict(xid=xid))
+        connection.execute(sql.text("XA PREPARE :xid"), dict(xid=xid))
+
+    def do_rollback_twophase(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        xid: Any,
+        is_prepared: bool = True,
+        recover: bool = False,
+    ) -> None:
+        if not is_prepared:
+            connection.execute(sql.text("XA END :xid"), dict(xid=xid))
+        connection.execute(sql.text("XA ROLLBACK :xid"), dict(xid=xid))
+
+    def do_commit_twophase(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        xid: Any,
+        is_prepared: bool = True,
+        recover: bool = False,
+    ) -> None:
+        if not is_prepared:
+            self.do_prepare_twophase(connection, xid)
+        connection.execute(sql.text("XA COMMIT :xid"), dict(xid=xid))
+
+    def do_recover_twophase(self, connection: Connection) -> list[Any]:
+        resultset = connection.exec_driver_sql("XA RECOVER")
+        return [
+            row["data"][0 : row["gtrid_length"]]
+            for row in resultset.mappings()
+        ]
+
+    def is_disconnect(
+        self,
+        e: DBAPIModule.Error,
+        connection: Optional[Union[PoolProxiedConnection, DBAPIConnection]],
+        cursor: Optional[DBAPICursor],
+    ) -> bool:
+        if isinstance(
+            e,
+            (
+                self.dbapi.OperationalError,  # type: ignore
+                self.dbapi.ProgrammingError,  # type: ignore
+                self.dbapi.InterfaceError,  # type: ignore
+            ),
+        ) and self._extract_error_code(e) in (
+            1927,
+            2006,
+            2013,
+            2014,
+            2045,
+            2055,
+            4031,
+        ):
+            return True
+        elif isinstance(
+            e, (self.dbapi.InterfaceError, self.dbapi.InternalError)  # type: ignore  # noqa: E501
+        ):
+            # if underlying connection is closed,
+            # this is the error you get
+            return "(0, '')" in str(e)
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def _compat_fetchall(
+        self, rp: CursorResult[Unpack[TupleAny]], charset: Optional[str] = None
+    ) -> Union[Sequence[Row[Unpack[TupleAny]]], Sequence[_DecodingRow]]:
+        """Proxy result rows to smooth over MySQL-Python driver
+        inconsistencies."""
+
+        return [_DecodingRow(row, charset) for row in rp.fetchall()]
+
+    def _compat_fetchone(
+        self, rp: CursorResult[Unpack[TupleAny]], charset: Optional[str] = None
+    ) -> Union[Row[Unpack[TupleAny]], None, _DecodingRow]:
+        """Proxy a result row to smooth over MySQL-Python driver
+        inconsistencies."""
+
+        row = rp.fetchone()
+        if row:
+            return _DecodingRow(row, charset)
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def _compat_first(
+        self, rp: CursorResult[Unpack[TupleAny]], charset: Optional[str] = None
+    ) -> Optional[_DecodingRow]:
+        """Proxy a result row to smooth over MySQL-Python driver
+        inconsistencies."""
+
+        row = rp.first()
+        if row:
+            return _DecodingRow(row, charset)
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def _extract_error_code(
+        self, exception: DBAPIModule.Error
+    ) -> Optional[int]:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def _get_default_schema_name(self, connection: Connection) -> str:
+        return connection.exec_driver_sql("SELECT DATABASE()").scalar()  # type: ignore[return-value]  # noqa: E501
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def has_table(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table_name: str,
+        schema: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> bool:
+        self._ensure_has_table_connection(connection)
+
+        if schema is None:
+            schema = self.default_schema_name
+
+        assert schema is not None
+
+        full_name = ".".join(
+            self.identifier_preparer._quote_free_identifiers(
+                schema, table_name
+            )
+        )
+
+        # DESCRIBE *must* be used because there is no information schema
+        # table that returns information on temp tables that is consistently
+        # available on MariaDB / MySQL / engine-agnostic etc.
+        # therefore we have no choice but to use DESCRIBE and an error catch
+        # to detect "False".  See issue #9058
+
+        try:
+            with connection.exec_driver_sql(
+                f"DESCRIBE {full_name}",
+                execution_options={"skip_user_error_events": True},
+            ) as rs:
+                return rs.fetchone() is not None
+        except exc.DBAPIError as e:
+            # https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-errors/8.0/en/server-error-reference.html  # noqa: E501
+            # there are a lot of codes that *may* pop up here at some point
+            # but we continue to be fairly conservative.  We include:
+            # 1146: Table '%s.%s' doesn't exist - what every MySQL has emitted
+            # for decades
+            #
+            # mysql 8 suddenly started emitting:
+            # 1049: Unknown database '%s'  - for nonexistent schema
+            #
+            # also added:
+            # 1051: Unknown table '%s' - not known to emit
+            #
+            # there's more "doesn't exist" kinds of messages but they are
+            # less clear if mysql 8 would suddenly start using one of those
+            if self._extract_error_code(e.orig) in (1146, 1049, 1051):  # type: ignore  # noqa: E501
+                return False
+            raise
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def has_sequence(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        sequence_name: str,
+        schema: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> bool:
+        if not self.supports_sequences:
+            self._sequences_not_supported()
+        if not schema:
+            schema = self.default_schema_name
+        # MariaDB implements sequences as a special type of table
+        #
+        cursor = connection.execute(
+            sql.text(
+                "SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES "
+                "WHERE TABLE_TYPE='SEQUENCE' and TABLE_NAME=:name AND "
+                "TABLE_SCHEMA=:schema_name"
+            ),
+            dict(
+                name=str(sequence_name),
+                schema_name=str(schema),
+            ),
+        )
+        return cursor.first() is not None
+
+    def _sequences_not_supported(self) -> NoReturn:
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "Sequences are supported only by the "
+            "MariaDB series 10.3 or greater"
+        )
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def get_sequence_names(
+        self, connection: Connection, schema: Optional[str] = None, **kw: Any
+    ) -> list[str]:
+        if not self.supports_sequences:
+            self._sequences_not_supported()
+        if not schema:
+            schema = self.default_schema_name
+        # MariaDB implements sequences as a special type of table
+        cursor = connection.execute(
+            sql.text(
+                "SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES "
+                "WHERE TABLE_TYPE='SEQUENCE' and TABLE_SCHEMA=:schema_name"
+            ),
+            dict(schema_name=schema),
+        )
+        return [
+            row[0]
+            for row in self._compat_fetchall(
+                cursor, charset=self._connection_charset
+            )
+        ]
+
+    def _dispatch_for_vendor(
+        self,
+        mysql_callable: Callable[..., _T],
+        mariadb_callable: Callable[..., _T],
+        *arg: Any,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> _T:
+        if not self.is_mariadb:
+            return mysql_callable(*arg, **kw)
+        else:
+            return mariadb_callable(*arg, **kw)
+
+    def initialize(self, connection: Connection) -> None:
+        # this is driver-based, does not need server version info
+        # and is fairly critical for even basic SQL operations
+        self._connection_charset: Optional[str] = self._detect_charset(
+            connection
+        )
+
+        # call super().initialize() because we need to have
+        # server_version_info set up.  in 1.4 under python 2 only this does the
+        # "check unicode returns" thing, which is the one area that some
+        # SQL gets compiled within initialize() currently
+        default.DefaultDialect.initialize(self, connection)
+
+        self._detect_sql_mode(connection)
+        self._detect_ansiquotes(connection)  # depends on sql mode
+        self._detect_casing(connection)
+        if self._server_ansiquotes:
+            # if ansiquotes == True, build a new IdentifierPreparer
+            # with the new setting
+            self.identifier_preparer = self.preparer(
+                self, server_ansiquotes=self._server_ansiquotes
+            )
+
+        self._dispatch_for_vendor(
+            self._initialize_mysql, self._initialize_mariadb, connection
+        )
+
+    def _initialize_mysql(self, connection: Connection) -> None:
+        assert not self.is_mariadb
+
+        self.supports_for_update_of = self.server_version_info >= (8,)
+
+        self.use_mysql_for_share = self.server_version_info >= (8, 0, 1)
+
+        self._needs_correct_for_88718_96365 = self.server_version_info >= (8,)
+
+        self._requires_alias_for_on_duplicate_key = (
+            self.server_version_info >= (8, 0, 20)
+        )
+
+        # ref https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/data-type-defaults.html # noqa
+        self._support_default_function = self.server_version_info >= (8, 0, 13)
+
+        # ref https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-17.html#mysqld-8-0-17-feature  # noqa
+        self._support_float_cast = self.server_version_info >= (8, 0, 17)
+
+    @property
+    def _is_mysql(self) -> bool:
+        return not self.is_mariadb
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def get_schema_names(self, connection: Connection, **kw: Any) -> list[str]:
+        rp = connection.exec_driver_sql("SHOW schemas")
+        return [r[0] for r in rp]
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def get_table_names(
+        self, connection: Connection, schema: Optional[str] = None, **kw: Any
+    ) -> list[str]:
+        """Return a Unicode SHOW TABLES from a given schema."""
+        if schema is not None:
+            current_schema: str = schema
+        else:
+            current_schema = self.default_schema_name  # type: ignore
+
+        charset = self._connection_charset
+
+        rp = connection.exec_driver_sql(
+            "SHOW FULL TABLES FROM %s"
+            % self.identifier_preparer.quote_identifier(current_schema)
+        )
+
+        return [
+            row[0]
+            for row in self._compat_fetchall(rp, charset=charset)
+            if row[1] == "BASE TABLE"
+        ]
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def get_view_names(
+        self, connection: Connection, schema: Optional[str] = None, **kw: Any
+    ) -> list[str]:
+        if schema is None:
+            schema = self.default_schema_name
+        assert schema is not None
+        charset = self._connection_charset
+        rp = connection.exec_driver_sql(
+            "SHOW FULL TABLES FROM %s"
+            % self.identifier_preparer.quote_identifier(schema)
+        )
+        return [
+            row[0]
+            for row in self._compat_fetchall(rp, charset=charset)
+            if row[1] in ("VIEW", "SYSTEM VIEW")
+        ]
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def get_table_options(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table_name: str,
+        schema: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        parsed_state = self._parsed_state_or_create(
+            connection, table_name, schema, **kw
+        )
+        if parsed_state.table_options:
+            return parsed_state.table_options
+        else:
+            return ReflectionDefaults.table_options()
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def get_columns(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table_name: str,
+        schema: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> list[ReflectedColumn]:
+        parsed_state = self._parsed_state_or_create(
+            connection, table_name, schema, **kw
+        )
+        if parsed_state.columns:
+            return parsed_state.columns
+        else:
+            return ReflectionDefaults.columns()
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def get_pk_constraint(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table_name: str,
+        schema: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> ReflectedPrimaryKeyConstraint:
+        parsed_state = self._parsed_state_or_create(
+            connection, table_name, schema, **kw
+        )
+        for key in parsed_state.keys:
+            if key["type"] == "PRIMARY":
+                # There can be only one.
+                cols = [s[0] for s in key["columns"]]
+                return {"constrained_columns": cols, "name": None}
+        return ReflectionDefaults.pk_constraint()
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def get_foreign_keys(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table_name: str,
+        schema: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> list[ReflectedForeignKeyConstraint]:
+        parsed_state = self._parsed_state_or_create(
+            connection, table_name, schema, **kw
+        )
+        default_schema = None
+
+        fkeys: list[ReflectedForeignKeyConstraint] = []
+
+        for spec in parsed_state.fk_constraints:
+            ref_name = spec["table"][-1]
+            ref_schema = len(spec["table"]) > 1 and spec["table"][-2] or schema
+
+            if not ref_schema:
+                if default_schema is None:
+                    default_schema = connection.dialect.default_schema_name
+                if schema == default_schema:
+                    ref_schema = schema
+
+            loc_names = spec["local"]
+            ref_names = spec["foreign"]
+
+            con_kw = {}
+            for opt in ("onupdate", "ondelete"):
+                if spec.get(opt, False) not in ("NO ACTION", None):
+                    con_kw[opt] = spec[opt]
+
+            fkey_d: ReflectedForeignKeyConstraint = {
+                "name": spec["name"],
+                "constrained_columns": loc_names,
+                "referred_schema": ref_schema,
+                "referred_table": ref_name,
+                "referred_columns": ref_names,
+                "options": con_kw,
+            }
+            fkeys.append(fkey_d)
+
+        if self._is_mysql and self._needs_correct_for_88718_96365:
+            self._correct_for_mysql_bugs_88718_96365(fkeys, connection)
+
+        return fkeys if fkeys else ReflectionDefaults.foreign_keys()
+
+    def _correct_for_mysql_bugs_88718_96365(
+        self,
+        fkeys: list[ReflectedForeignKeyConstraint],
+        connection: Connection,
+    ) -> None:
+        # Foreign key is always in lower case (MySQL 8.0)
+        # https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=88718
+        # issue #4344 for SQLAlchemy
+
+        # table name also for MySQL 8.0
+        # https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=96365
+        # issue #4751 for SQLAlchemy
+
+        # for lower_case_table_names=2, information_schema.columns
+        # preserves the original table/schema casing, but SHOW CREATE
+        # TABLE does not.   this problem is not in lower_case_table_names=1,
+        # but use case-insensitive matching for these two modes in any case.
+
+        if self._casing in (1, 2):
+
+            def lower(s: str) -> str:
+                return s.lower()
+
+        else:
+            # if on case sensitive, there can be two tables referenced
+            # with the same name different casing, so we need to use
+            # case-sensitive matching.
+            def lower(s: str) -> str:
+                return s
+
+        default_schema_name: str = connection.dialect.default_schema_name  # type: ignore  # noqa: E501
+
+        # NOTE: using (table_schema, table_name, lower(column_name)) in (...)
+        # is very slow since mysql does not seem able to properly use indexse.
+        # Unpack the where condition instead.
+        schema_by_table_by_column: defaultdict[
+            str, defaultdict[str, list[str]]
+        ] = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(list))
+        for rec in fkeys:
+            sch = lower(rec["referred_schema"] or default_schema_name)
+            tbl = lower(rec["referred_table"])
+            for col_name in rec["referred_columns"]:
+                schema_by_table_by_column[sch][tbl].append(col_name)
+
+        if schema_by_table_by_column:
+
+            condition = sql.or_(
+                *(
+                    sql.and_(
+                        _info_columns.c.table_schema == schema,
+                        sql.or_(
+                            *(
+                                sql.and_(
+                                    _info_columns.c.table_name == table,
+                                    sql.func.lower(
+                                        _info_columns.c.column_name
+                                    ).in_(columns),
+                                )
+                                for table, columns in tables.items()
+                            )
+                        ),
+                    )
+                    for schema, tables in schema_by_table_by_column.items()
+                )
+            )
+
+            select = sql.select(
+                _info_columns.c.table_schema,
+                _info_columns.c.table_name,
+                _info_columns.c.column_name,
+            ).where(condition)
+
+            correct_for_wrong_fk_case: CursorResult[str, str, str] = (
+                connection.execute(select)
+            )
+
+            # in casing=0, table name and schema name come back in their
+            # exact case.
+            # in casing=1, table name and schema name come back in lower
+            # case.
+            # in casing=2, table name and schema name come back from the
+            # information_schema.columns view in the case
+            # that was used in CREATE DATABASE and CREATE TABLE, but
+            # SHOW CREATE TABLE converts them to *lower case*, therefore
+            # not matching.  So for this case, case-insensitive lookup
+            # is necessary
+            d: defaultdict[tuple[str, str], dict[str, str]] = defaultdict(dict)
+            for schema, tname, cname in correct_for_wrong_fk_case:
+                d[(lower(schema), lower(tname))]["SCHEMANAME"] = schema
+                d[(lower(schema), lower(tname))]["TABLENAME"] = tname
+                d[(lower(schema), lower(tname))][cname.lower()] = cname
+
+            for fkey in fkeys:
+                rec_b = d[
+                    (
+                        lower(fkey["referred_schema"] or default_schema_name),
+                        lower(fkey["referred_table"]),
+                    )
+                ]
+
+                fkey["referred_table"] = rec_b["TABLENAME"]
+                if fkey["referred_schema"] is not None:
+                    fkey["referred_schema"] = rec_b["SCHEMANAME"]
+
+                fkey["referred_columns"] = [
+                    rec_b[col.lower()] for col in fkey["referred_columns"]
+                ]
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def get_check_constraints(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table_name: str,
+        schema: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> list[ReflectedCheckConstraint]:
+        parsed_state = self._parsed_state_or_create(
+            connection, table_name, schema, **kw
+        )
+
+        cks: list[ReflectedCheckConstraint] = [
+            {"name": spec["name"], "sqltext": spec["sqltext"]}
+            for spec in parsed_state.ck_constraints
+        ]
+        cks.sort(key=lambda d: d["name"] or "~")  # sort None as last
+        return cks if cks else ReflectionDefaults.check_constraints()
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def get_table_comment(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table_name: str,
+        schema: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> ReflectedTableComment:
+        parsed_state = self._parsed_state_or_create(
+            connection, table_name, schema, **kw
+        )
+        comment = parsed_state.table_options.get(f"{self.name}_comment", None)
+        if comment is not None:
+            return {"text": comment}
+        else:
+            return ReflectionDefaults.table_comment()
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def get_indexes(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table_name: str,
+        schema: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> list[ReflectedIndex]:
+        parsed_state = self._parsed_state_or_create(
+            connection, table_name, schema, **kw
+        )
+
+        indexes: list[ReflectedIndex] = []
+
+        for spec in parsed_state.keys:
+            dialect_options = {}
+            unique = False
+            flavor = spec["type"]
+            if flavor == "PRIMARY":
+                continue
+            if flavor == "UNIQUE":
+                unique = True
+            elif flavor in ("FULLTEXT", "SPATIAL"):
+                dialect_options[f"{self.name}_prefix"] = flavor
+            elif flavor is not None:
+                util.warn(
+                    f"Converting unknown KEY type {flavor} to a plain KEY"
+                )
+
+            if spec["parser"]:
+                dialect_options[f"{self.name}_with_parser"] = spec["parser"]
+
+            index_d: ReflectedIndex = {
+                "name": spec["name"],
+                "column_names": [s[0] for s in spec["columns"]],
+                "unique": unique,
+            }
+
+            mysql_length = {
+                s[0]: s[1] for s in spec["columns"] if s[1] is not None
+            }
+            if mysql_length:
+                dialect_options[f"{self.name}_length"] = mysql_length
+
+            if dialect_options:
+                index_d["dialect_options"] = dialect_options
+
+            indexes.append(index_d)
+        indexes.sort(key=lambda d: d["name"] or "~")  # sort None as last
+        return indexes if indexes else ReflectionDefaults.indexes()
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def get_unique_constraints(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table_name: str,
+        schema: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> list[ReflectedUniqueConstraint]:
+        parsed_state = self._parsed_state_or_create(
+            connection, table_name, schema, **kw
+        )
+
+        ucs: list[ReflectedUniqueConstraint] = [
+            {
+                "name": key["name"],
+                "column_names": [col[0] for col in key["columns"]],
+                "duplicates_index": key["name"],
+            }
+            for key in parsed_state.keys
+            if key["type"] == "UNIQUE"
+        ]
+        ucs.sort(key=lambda d: d["name"] or "~")  # sort None as last
+        if ucs:
+            return ucs
+        else:
+            return ReflectionDefaults.unique_constraints()
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def get_view_definition(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        view_name: str,
+        schema: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> str:
+        charset = self._connection_charset
+        full_name = ".".join(
+            self.identifier_preparer._quote_free_identifiers(schema, view_name)
+        )
+        sql = self._show_create_table(
+            connection, None, charset, full_name=full_name
+        )
+        if sql.upper().startswith("CREATE TABLE"):
+            # it's a table, not a view
+            raise exc.NoSuchTableError(full_name)
+        return sql
+
+    def _parsed_state_or_create(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table_name: str,
+        schema: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> _reflection.ReflectedState:
+        return self._setup_parser(
+            connection,
+            table_name,
+            schema,
+            info_cache=kw.get("info_cache", None),
+        )
+
+    @util.memoized_property
+    def _tabledef_parser(self) -> _reflection.MySQLTableDefinitionParser:
+        """return the MySQLTableDefinitionParser, generate if needed.
+
+        The deferred creation ensures that the dialect has
+        retrieved server version information first.
+
+        """
+        preparer = self.identifier_preparer
+        return _reflection.MySQLTableDefinitionParser(self, preparer)
+
+    @reflection.cache
+    def _setup_parser(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table_name: str,
+        schema: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> _reflection.ReflectedState:
+        charset = self._connection_charset
+        parser = self._tabledef_parser
+        full_name = ".".join(
+            self.identifier_preparer._quote_free_identifiers(
+                schema, table_name
+            )
+        )
+        sql = self._show_create_table(
+            connection, None, charset, full_name=full_name
+        )
+        if parser._check_view(sql):
+            # Adapt views to something table-like.
+            columns = self._describe_table(
+                connection, None, charset, full_name=full_name
+            )
+            sql = parser._describe_to_create(
+                table_name, columns  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+            )
+        return parser.parse(sql, charset)
+
+    def _fetch_setting(
+        self, connection: Connection, setting_name: str
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
+        charset = self._connection_charset
+
+        if self.server_version_info and self.server_version_info < (5, 6):
+            sql = "SHOW VARIABLES LIKE '%s'" % setting_name
+            fetch_col = 1
+        else:
+            sql = "SELECT @@%s" % setting_name
+            fetch_col = 0
+
+        show_var = connection.exec_driver_sql(sql)
+        row = self._compat_first(show_var, charset=charset)
+        if not row:
+            return None
+        else:
+            return cast(Optional[str], row[fetch_col])
+
+    def _detect_charset(self, connection: Connection) -> str:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def _detect_casing(self, connection: Connection) -> int:
+        """Sniff out identifier case sensitivity.
+
+        Cached per-connection. This value can not change without a server
+        restart.
+
+        """
+        # https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/en/identifier-case-sensitivity.html
+
+        setting = self._fetch_setting(connection, "lower_case_table_names")
+        if setting is None:
+            cs = 0
+        else:
+            # 4.0.15 returns OFF or ON according to [ticket:489]
+            # 3.23 doesn't, 4.0.27 doesn't..
+            if setting == "OFF":
+                cs = 0
+            elif setting == "ON":
+                cs = 1
+            else:
+                cs = int(setting)
+        self._casing = cs
+        return cs
+
+    def _detect_collations(self, connection: Connection) -> dict[str, str]:
+        """Pull the active COLLATIONS list from the server.
+
+        Cached per-connection.
+        """
+
+        collations = {}
+        charset = self._connection_charset
+        rs = connection.exec_driver_sql("SHOW COLLATION")
+        for row in self._compat_fetchall(rs, charset):
+            collations[row[0]] = row[1]
+        return collations
+
+    def _detect_sql_mode(self, connection: Connection) -> None:
+        setting = self._fetch_setting(connection, "sql_mode")
+
+        if setting is None:
+            util.warn(
+                "Could not retrieve SQL_MODE; please ensure the "
+                "MySQL user has permissions to SHOW VARIABLES"
+            )
+            self._sql_mode = ""
+        else:
+            self._sql_mode = setting or ""
+
+    def _detect_ansiquotes(self, connection: Connection) -> None:
+        """Detect and adjust for the ANSI_QUOTES sql mode."""
+
+        mode = self._sql_mode
+        if not mode:
+            mode = ""
+        elif mode.isdigit():
+            mode_no = int(mode)
+            mode = (mode_no | 4 == mode_no) and "ANSI_QUOTES" or ""
+
+        self._server_ansiquotes = "ANSI_QUOTES" in mode
+
+        # as of MySQL 5.0.1
+        self._backslash_escapes = "NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES" not in mode
+
+    @overload
+    def _show_create_table(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table: Optional[Table],
+        charset: Optional[str],
+        full_name: str,
+    ) -> str: ...
+
+    @overload
+    def _show_create_table(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table: Table,
+        charset: Optional[str] = None,
+        full_name: None = None,
+    ) -> str: ...
+
+    def _show_create_table(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table: Optional[Table],
+        charset: Optional[str] = None,
+        full_name: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> str:
+        """Run SHOW CREATE TABLE for a ``Table``."""
+
+        if full_name is None:
+            assert table is not None
+            full_name = self.identifier_preparer.format_table(table)
+        st = "SHOW CREATE TABLE %s" % full_name
+
+        try:
+            rp = connection.execution_options(
+                skip_user_error_events=True
+            ).exec_driver_sql(st)
+        except exc.DBAPIError as e:
+            if self._extract_error_code(e.orig) == 1146:  # type: ignore[arg-type] # noqa: E501
+                raise exc.NoSuchTableError(full_name) from e
+            else:
+                raise
+        row = self._compat_first(rp, charset=charset)
+        if not row:
+            raise exc.NoSuchTableError(full_name)
+        return cast(str, row[1]).strip()
+
+    @overload
+    def _describe_table(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table: Optional[Table],
+        charset: Optional[str],
+        full_name: str,
+    ) -> Union[Sequence[Row[Unpack[TupleAny]]], Sequence[_DecodingRow]]: ...
+
+    @overload
+    def _describe_table(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table: Table,
+        charset: Optional[str] = None,
+        full_name: None = None,
+    ) -> Union[Sequence[Row[Unpack[TupleAny]]], Sequence[_DecodingRow]]: ...
+
+    def _describe_table(
+        self,
+        connection: Connection,
+        table: Optional[Table],
+        charset: Optional[str] = None,
+        full_name: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> Union[Sequence[Row[Unpack[TupleAny]]], Sequence[_DecodingRow]]:
+        """Run DESCRIBE for a ``Table`` and return processed rows."""
+
+        if full_name is None:
+            assert table is not None
+            full_name = self.identifier_preparer.format_table(table)
+        st = "DESCRIBE %s" % full_name
+
+        rp, rows = None, None
+        try:
+            try:
+                rp = connection.execution_options(
+                    skip_user_error_events=True
+                ).exec_driver_sql(st)
+            except exc.DBAPIError as e:
+                code = self._extract_error_code(e.orig)  # type: ignore[arg-type] # noqa: E501
+                if code == 1146:
+                    raise exc.NoSuchTableError(full_name) from e
+
+                elif code == 1356:
+                    raise exc.UnreflectableTableError(
+                        "Table or view named %s could not be reflected: %s"
+                        % (full_name, e)
+                    ) from e
+
+                else:
+                    raise
+            rows = self._compat_fetchall(rp, charset=charset)
+        finally:
+            if rp:
+                rp.close()
+        return rows
+
+
+class _DecodingRow:
+    """Return unicode-decoded values based on type inspection.
+
+    Smooth over data type issues (esp. with alpha driver versions) and
+    normalize strings as Unicode regardless of user-configured driver
+    encoding settings.
+
+    """
+
+    # Some MySQL-python versions can return some columns as
+    # sets.Set(['value']) (seriously) but thankfully that doesn't
+    # seem to come up in DDL queries.
+
+    _encoding_compat: dict[str, str] = {
+        "koi8r": "koi8_r",
+        "koi8u": "koi8_u",
+        "utf16": "utf-16-be",  # MySQL's uft16 is always bigendian
+        "utf8mb4": "utf8",  # real utf8
+        "utf8mb3": "utf8",  # real utf8; saw this happen on CI but I cannot
+        # reproduce, possibly mariadb10.6 related
+        "eucjpms": "ujis",
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, rowproxy: Row[Unpack[_Ts]], charset: Optional[str]):
+        self.rowproxy = rowproxy
+        self.charset = (
+            self._encoding_compat.get(charset, charset)
+            if charset is not None
+            else None
+        )
+
+    def __getitem__(self, index: int) -> Any:
+        item = self.rowproxy[index]
+        if self.charset and isinstance(item, bytes):
+            return item.decode(self.charset)
+        else:
+            return item
+
+    def __getattr__(self, attr: str) -> Any:
+        item = getattr(self.rowproxy, attr)
+        if self.charset and isinstance(item, bytes):
+            return item.decode(self.charset)
+        else:
+            return item
+
+
+_info_columns = sql.table(
+    "columns",
+    sql.column("table_schema", VARCHAR(64)),
+    sql.column("table_name", VARCHAR(64)),
+    sql.column("column_name", VARCHAR(64)),
+    schema="information_schema",
+)