On 03/13/2013 02:47 PM, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
Dan,
That is another issue. It is good that you were able to get MySQL
back when you needed it. I think what I read was that Mariadb changed
the database itself somehow, making it incompatible with MySQL. Thus,
all the work done on it with Mariadb was lost from the last
MySQL-compatible database backup. That is scary - lost data.
I just went searching again for where I read this caveat and came up
with this posting by "ppr:kut" to LinuxQuestions.org on 1-31-13:
"I'm not sure what problems you imagine, but I'm not aware of any
issues. You wouldn't be able to switch easily from MariaDB back to
MySQL once you start using MariaDB specific features, but that's
clear from the start."
You can find this message and others on:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/replace-mysql-with-mariadb-in-slackware-4175447832/
Now that I read it again, it sounds like they might be talking about
Mariadb user features, not database compatibility. Kind of like
someone who moves from msoffice to LO can't go back because they like
the LO features. I would like to know if anyone has tried to go back
to MySQL from using Mariadb and how *physically* successful it was.
Sorry about the confusion.
Girvin
Girvin, Dan
I once "updated" from MariaDB 5.5.x to MySQL 5.5.y then to MariaDB
5.5.y. I use MariaDB via localhost and found that the permissions are
different. MariaDB default allows apps like MySQL Workbench to do bulk
data inserts from files while MySQL does not. With MySQL I had to use
the CLI version to do the inserts. I was unable to set the permissions
in MySQL to allow MySQL Workbench to do bulk data inserts.
I am using Linux Mint Maya / 13. 64 bit. I have not yet tried the MySQL
Connector and Base (LO 4.0.0.3). This might be an issue between the two
forks.
Jay
Dan Lewis wrote:
I agree. That will go into the chapter on using Base to connect
to various data sources. I think that was originally scheduled to be
chapter 8 or 9, but I think this chapter should be moved up to
chapter 5.
Personal experience: I used synaptic to completely remove
mariadb including the config files. Then when I tried to reinstall
MySQL, synaptic insisted on installing a mariadb file instead of the
mysql file. So, I reinstalled Ubuntu 12.04. Now I have MySQL back.
--Dan
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