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MariaDb Essentials

By : Kenler
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MariaDb Essentials

By: Kenler

Overview of this book

This book will take you through all the nitty-gritty parts of MariaDB, right from the creation of your database all the way to using MariaDB’s advanced features. At the very beginning, we show you the basics, that is, how to install MariaDB. Then, we walk you through the databases and tables of MariaDB, and introduce SQL in MariaDB. You will learn about all the features that have been added in MariaDB but are absent in MySQL. Moving on, you’ll learn to import and export data, views, virtual columns, and dynamic columns in MariaDB. Then, you’ll get to grips with full-text searches and queries in MariaDb. You’ll also be familiarized with the CONNECT storage engine. At the end of the book, you’ll be introduced to the community of MariaDB.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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Index

MariaDB resources


We have covered a lot of topics in this book, but not everything. Here is a list of useful resources for finding more information on the topics discussed in this book, to discover other features, or to get help from the MariaDB experts.

The MariaDB website (https://mariadb.org) is the first place you should search. You can find the download links for MariaDB, the MariaDB blog, and other official MariaDB information at this website.

The second source of information is the MariaDB Knowledge Base (https://mariadb.com/kb/en/). The complete documentation, the release notes, and change logs can be found in the Knowledge Base. The documentation is often updated and you will always find information about the most recent features.

If you want to get in touch with other MariaDB users, there are several ways to do so.

You can use the IRC channel, where you can start a real-time chat with other people. As indicated in the Knowledge Base (https://mariadb.com/kb/en/meta/irc/), the official...