# Implementing the MySQL server protocol for fun and profit

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**Created:** [23 December 2022 15:08 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/implementing-the-mysql-server-protocol-for-fun-and-profit/88440 "2022-12-23T15:08:14Z")\
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> Implementing the MySQL server protocol for fun and profit.  
> In December 2021, a company from San Francisco asked me to port a Rust library to Java. The task seemed simple, but it ended up requiring a from-scratch implementation of the MySQL protocol and even fixing a bug in the main Rust MySQL client! Below follows an account of the adventure.  
> The task Originally, the idea was to port the msql-srv library from Rust to Java. For context, msql-srv makes it possible to create a fake MySQL/MariaDB server, which accepts MySQL connections and handles them with custom logic (instead of having a real database behind it).

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> In December 2021, a company from San Francisco asked me to port a Rust library to Java. The task seemed simple, but it ended up requiring a from-scratch implementation of the MySQL protocol and even fixing a bug in the main Rust MySQL client! Below...

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