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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

What you need for this book

To put the information provided in this book into practice, you need to install MariaDB on your computer. MariaDB runs on most operating systems, but the following are specifically mentioned in this book: Windows (from XP to Windows 8), Mac OS X, or a standard Linux distribution. Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Fedora, CentOS, and Red Hat EL, among others, are also supported.

You will also need an Internet connection and the necessary administrative rights to install any software in order to install MariaDB.

No other software is required.