Note: You are currently viewing documentation for Moodle 2.5. Up-to-date documentation for the latest stable version of Moodle may be available here: MariaDB.

MariaDB: Difference between revisions

From MoodleDocs
(Created page with "MariaDB is a MySQL fork that is developed and maintained by original mySQL developers. It is considered to be more open and is being distributed as default MySQL compatible da...")
 
No edit summary
 
Line 1: Line 1:
MariaDB is a MySQL fork that is developed and maintained by original mySQL developers. It is considered to be more open and is being distributed as default MySQL compatible database by majority of modern linux distributions.
MariaDB is a MySQL fork that is developed and maintained by original MySQL developers. It is considered to be more open and is being distributed as default MySQL compatible database by majority of modern linux distributions.


MariaDB is a drop-in replacement, you can use it with any stable supported Moodle version using standard mysql drivers. Since Moodle 2.6 there is a dedicated driver for MariaDB.
MariaDB is a drop-in replacement, you can use it with any stable supported Moodle version using standard mysqli drivers. Since Moodle 2.6 there is a dedicated driver for MariaDB.


See [[MySQL]] for more information, the setup procedure is nearly identical.
See [[MySQL]] for more information, the setup procedure is nearly identical.

Latest revision as of 19:25, 21 July 2013

MariaDB is a MySQL fork that is developed and maintained by original MySQL developers. It is considered to be more open and is being distributed as default MySQL compatible database by majority of modern linux distributions.

MariaDB is a drop-in replacement, you can use it with any stable supported Moodle version using standard mysqli drivers. Since Moodle 2.6 there is a dedicated driver for MariaDB.

See MySQL for more information, the setup procedure is nearly identical.