Frequently asked questions about MariaDB. The most popular ones are listed at the top, with the rest listed alphabetically.
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What is MariaDB?
MariaDB is a backward compatible, drop-in replacement of the MySQL® Dat... -
What is the goal of MariaDB?
To provide a community developed, stable, and always Free branch of MySQL... -
Who is behind MariaDB?
The MariaDB project is the brainchild of Michael "Monty" Widenius, the foun... -
Why is the project called MariaDB?1
The 'MySQL' name is trademarked by Oracle, and they have chosen to keep tha... -
MariaDB versus MySQL - Compatibility2
MariaDB is a binary drop in replacement for MySQL For all practical purpos... -
MariaDB community
MariaDB is a project developed by the open source community. Monty Program ... -
Questions about licensing (MariaDB, plugins etc)
Here you can find answer to questions about licensing MariaDB/MySQL/plugins etc. -
Can I get help with MariaDB? Something's broken!2
In many cases the documentation for MySQL can be used. New features of Mari... -
Down/crossgrading MySQL 5.more to MariaDB 5.less?4
Obsessed with dynamic columns, I'm considering moving our whole install fro... -
Hibernate & MariaDB2
Hello, what settings do I need in a Hibernate (/Spring) configuration file ... -
How can I contribute to MariaDB?
If you want to contribute to, or participate in the development of MariaDB,... -
How can I upgrade from MySQL to MariaDB?1
For all practical purposes, you can view MariaDB as an upgrade of MySQL: Wi... -
Is there any java connector for MariaDB than the one from Mysql(mysql-java-5.1.6.jar) ?3
For licensing purposes, we try to remove any link to MySQL connectors, we f... -
MariaDB High Availability Solutions?1
How we can deploy MariaDB with high availability solutions ? [Is there any ... -
Moving process names, directories, TCP port etc from MySQL to MariaDB?1
Is there a time line for MariaDB to break away from using MySQL for things ... -
Prerequisites to MariaDB Development?
What are prerequisites to download Mariadb source code and start development? -
Presence In Other Countries2
Does MariaDB have a presence in India or other countries? If not, I am inte... -
What is the release policy/schedule of MariaDB?
The MariaDB Development Plans page links to plans for future versions of M... -
What license does MariaDB use?
MariaDB is available under the terms of the GPL v2 license, just like MySQL... -
What tools are available for developing on the MariaDB code?
The code is hosted on Launchpad. You can branch the latest code from there,... -
What version of MariaDB is workable on Windows 7 x64?
What version of MariaDB is workable on Windows 7 x64? -
What will be in MariaDB version X?
You can read about the features and improvements included in the current st... -
When will transactional fulltext indexes be ready?2
There is really only feature in MariaDB that we are desperately waiting for... -
When will MariaDB version X be released?
The downloads page has the current stable and development releases. See the... -
GUI/Workbench for MariaDB Aria?1
Does anybody know a good GUI/Work bench tool to handle ARIA transactional=1... -
Where can I download MariaDB?
The latest packages Tarballs, binaries (Linux, Solaris, and Windows), and p... -
Can't load MySQL Library3
I installed MariaDB 5.2 in ubuntu 11.4, all was normal. However when I run ... -
Where can I get more information about MariaDB development?
See MariaDB Development for this. -
mariadb is crashing8
Hi, I have tried this a few times on both the 5.2.10 and 5.3.2-beta builds ... -
UDF Regular Expressions for maria db1
I've already asked here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6659030/udf-regu... -
Windows 64bit Support for MariaDB
Hello When will a 64bit version of MariaDB for Windows be available? Regards, Patrick -
CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID undeclared1
I am currently trying to get MariaDB to run on a DragonflyBSD system. Both ... -
Connecting to a Mariadb database with visual basic express 20104
I have tried everything I know how to do -- to connect to an existing maria... -
Default Data Directory for MariaDB?
Where does MariaDB save the data? I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and would be inte... -
error 1928 with 5.3.3 RC1
Hi, I have a problem with the new 5.3.3-RC after upgraded from 5.3.2-Beta, ... -
How do I downgrade from MySQL 5.5 to MariaDB 5.3/5.2/5.1?
As of the current writing, MariaDB 5.5 based on MySQL 5.5 is not released y... -
import3
import ms access db -
Index/optimizations in Dynamic Columns1
Greetz to all... I have been playing with the dynamic columns in MariaDB 5.... -
Install advice centos 6.1 64bit cpanel/whm2
I noticed the only rpm available for download for 64bit are for amd. Could ... -
MariaDB upgrade issues1
Hi, I'm having some problems upgrading from MariaDB-5.3.6 to latest MariaDB... -
Replicating from MySQL to MariaDB gives an error: Unknown system variable 'binlog_checksum', Error_code: 1193
Scenario: You are replicating from MySQL 5.0 or MySQL 5.1 as master to a Ma... -
What is MariaDB Galera Cluster?
The MariaDB project is now focused on also shipping the MariaDB Galera Clus...
