# I hope Local 5.x will have MySQL \< 8.x

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/i-hope-local-5-x-will-have-mysql-8-x/15662>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 26, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/i-hope-local-5-x-will-have-mysql-8-x/15662 "2019-11-26T19:50:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![philby](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/philby/32/4565_2.png) [@philby](https://community.localwp.com/u/philby)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/i-hope-local-5-x-will-have-mysql-8-x/15662/1 "2019-11-26T19:50:54Z")

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These MySQL 8 errors (at least I assume that’s what they are) become quite troublesome after a while, TBH.  
And since no hosting provider I know of uses MySQL 8.x, I’d really like to be able to set Local to use some older, more common version.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/i-hope-local-5-x-will-have-mysql-8-x/15662/2 "2020-08-25T18:37:54Z")

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