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One-stop and interactive experience of TiDB's capabilities WITHOUT registration

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Learn TiDB and TiDB Cloud through well-designed online courses and instructor-led training
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This document lists the features supported in different TiDB versions, including [Long-Term Support (LTS)](/releases/versioning.md#long-term-support-releases) versions and [Development Milestone Release (DMR)](/releases/versioning.md#development-milestone-releases) versions after the latest LTS version.

You can try out TiDB features on [TiDB Playground](https://play.tidbcloud.com/?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=tidb_features).

> **Note:**
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> PingCAP does not provide patch releases for DMR versions. Any bugs will be fixed in future releases. For general purposes, it is recommended to use the [latest LTS version](https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable).
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To experiment with SQL and test out TiDB compatibility with MySQL queries, you can [run TiDB directly in your web browser without installing it](https://tour.tidb.io/). You can also first deploy a TiDB cluster and then run SQL statements in it.
To experiment with SQL and test out TiDB compatibility with MySQL queries, you can try [TiDB Playground](https://play.tidbcloud.com/?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=basic-sql-operations). You can also first deploy a TiDB cluster and then run SQL statements in it.

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TiDB is compatible with MySQL, you can use MySQL statements directly in most cases. For unsupported features, see [Compatibility with MySQL](/mysql-compatibility.md#unsupported-features).

To experiment with SQL and test out TiDB compatibility with MySQL queries, you can [run TiDB directly in your web browser without installing it](https://tour.tidb.io/). You can also first deploy a TiDB cluster and then run SQL statements in it.
To experiment with SQL and test out TiDB compatibility with MySQL queries, you can try [TiDB Playground](https://play.tidbcloud.com/?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=basic-sql-operations). You can also first deploy a TiDB cluster and then run SQL statements in it.

This page walks you through the basic TiDB SQL statements such as DDL, DML, and CRUD operations. For a complete list of TiDB statements, see [TiDB SQL Syntax Diagram](https://pingcap.github.io/sqlgram/).

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You can try out TiDB features on [TiDB Playground](https://play.tidbcloud.com/?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=mysql_compatibility).

## Unsupported features

+ Stored procedures and functions
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- [Deploy a local test cluster](#deploy-a-local-test-cluster) (for macOS and Linux)
- [Simulate production deployment on a single machine](#simulate-production-deployment-on-a-single-machine) (for Linux only)

In addition, you can try out TiDB features on [TiDB Playground](https://play.tidbcloud.com/?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=tidb_quick_start).

> **Note:**
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> The deployment method provided in this guide is **ONLY FOR** quick start, **NOT FOR** production.
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This tutorial guides you through an easy way to get started with your TiDB Cloud. You can also navigate to the [**Getting Started**](https://tidbcloud.com/console/getting-started) page in the TiDB Cloud console to follow the tutorials step by step.

In addition, you can try out TiDB features on [TiDB Playground](https://play.tidbcloud.com/?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=tidb_cloud_quick_start).

## Step 1. Create a TiDB cluster

[TiDB Serverless](/tidb-cloud/select-cluster-tier.md#tidb-serverless-beta) (Beta) is the best way to get started with TiDB Cloud. To create a TiDB Serverless cluster, take the following steps:
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