MariaDB ODBC connector

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 - current ( F29 - Rawhide )

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

Needed:

• mariadb-connector-odbc
• mariadb-server
• unixODBC

Can be used instead:

• community-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 yet.

Upstream infromation