MariaDB

Connect to MariaDB 10.x and later through the bundled MySQL driver

TablePro supports MariaDB 10.x and later. MariaDB connections use the bundled MySQL driver, built on MariaDB Connector/C 3.4.8. Pick MySQL or MariaDB in the connection form; both route to the same driver. Connection fields, AWS IAM, SSL/TLS, and the rest of the feature set match MySQL, so MySQL covers them. One exception: the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy pane is offered for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server only.

Connection URL

Both schemes open a connection; mariadb:// creates a MariaDB connection, mysql:// a MySQL one:

mariadb://user:password@host:3306/database

See Connection URL Reference.

Differences from MySQL

• The default authentication plugin is mysql_native_password; MySQL 8 defaults to caching_sha2_password. Both work.
• MariaDB stores JSON columns as LONGTEXT. TablePro reads MariaDB’s extended field attributes (MARIADB_FIELD_ATTR_FORMAT_NAME) to recognize those columns as JSON, so values open in the JSON editor instead of plain text.

A JSON value open in the JSON editor

See Also

• MySQL: setup, connection fields, SSL/TLS, troubleshooting
• SSH Tunneling