MySQL

MySQL is a widely spread, multi-threaded, multi-user SQL database, developed by Oracle.

Installation

Arch Linux favors MariaDB, a community-developed fork of MySQL, aiming for drop-in compatibility.

Oracle's MySQL was dropped to the AUR: mysql^AUR.

Another fork aiming to be fully compatible is Percona Server, available as percona-server.

The InnoDB storage engine by Oracle was also forked by Percona as XtraDB. The fork is used by both MariaDB and Percona Server.

Graphical tools

• phpMyAdmin — MySQL web interface, written in PHP.

https://www.phpmyadmin.net || phpmyadmin

• MySQL Workbench — Unified visual tool for database architects, developers, and DBAs. Developed by Oracle and not guaranteed to work with MariaDB.

https://www.mysql.com/products/workbench/ || mysql-workbench

For tools supporting multiple DBMSs, see List of applications/Documents#Database tools.

Console tools

• MyCLI — A terminal client for MySQL with autocompletion and syntax highlighting.

https://www.mycli.net || mycli^AUR

Programmatic access

• JDBC and MySQL
• PHP#MySQL/MariaDB
• Python
  • python-mysqlclient
  • python-mysql-connector
• C++
  • mysql++
• Perl
  • perl-dbd-mysql
• Ruby
  • ruby-mysql2^AUR

Docker

A docker image is available: https://hub.docker.com/_/mysql

Troubleshooting

Cannot connect to local MySQL server through socket

If running a new container fails to start, you may need to increase the ulimit. See GitHub issue for more information.