MariaDB ODBC connector: Difference between revisions

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Article about mariadb-connector-odbc package

🔗 Connector releases

mariadb-connector-odbc 3.0 - until Fedora 28 ( also available in F29 & F30 base )
mariadb-connector-odbc 3.1 - until Fedora 39
mariadb-connector-odbc 3.2 - current ( F40 - Rawhide )

🔗 Perequisites

Needed:

mariadb-connector-odbc
mariadb-server
unixODBC

Can be used instead:

mysql-server
mysql-connector-odbc

🔗 Setup

Running MariaDB server

   systemctl start mariadb

unixODBC

   /etc/odbcinst.ini - general info about the connectors libraries etc.
   /etc/odbc.ini - specific connectors settings

The basic "/etc/odbcinst.ini" config is already shipped by unixODBC package

/etc/odbc.ini config file example:

   [mariadb-connector-odbc]
   Driver=MariaDB

🔗 Usage

Interactive mode:

   isql -v mariadb-connector-odbc

Non-interactive mode

   echo "show databases" | isql -v mariadb-connector-odbc -b

🔗 Notes

MariaDB ODBC connector does not have setup driver.

Upstream information

Upstream release notes

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 mariadb-connector-odbc 3.0 - until Fedora 28 ( also available in F29 & F30 base ) <br />
-'''mariadb-connector-odbc 3.1''' - current '''( F29 - Rawhide )'''<br />
+mariadb-connector-odbc 3.1 - until Fedora 39 <br />
+'''mariadb-connector-odbc 3.2''' - current '''( F40 - Rawhide )'''<br />
-In Fedora<=26 the connector does not work. It is built on top of mariadb-connector-c 3.0, which does not exist in F<=26
 == Perequisites ==
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 '''Can be used instead:'''
-* community-mysql-server
+* mysql-server
 * mysql-connector-odbc
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 == Notes ==
-MariaDB ODBC connector does not have setup driver yet.
+MariaDB ODBC connector does not have setup driver.
-[https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-connector-odbc/ Upstream infromation]
+Upstream [https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-connector-odbc/ information]
+Upstream [https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-connector-odbc-release-notes/ release notes]
 [[Category:Package MariaDB]]
 [[Category:Package mariadb-connector-odbc]]
 [[Category:Packages]]

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