MariaDB Server supports different authentication methods just like MySQL. Depending on your installation, the number of available and active authentication plugins can vary. But you should always have those 3 by default: If we compare with MySQL 9.7, we can…
We are concluding our series related to new data types using the Type_handler framework, with some limitations that are not yet covered by the framework: It would have been handy for our MONEY datatype to have the possibility to define,…
This is part 4 of a series related to extending MariaDB with a custom data type using the Type_handler framework. You can find the previous articles below: Overriding Existing Types In the previous examples, our MONEY data type inherits from…
In the previous article, we wrote, compiled, and tested our first custom data type for MariaDB using the Type_handler framework. But currently, aside from allowing the use of its new name (MONEY) and listing it in the metadata, our new…
After having discovered the Type_hander framework and learned how to build MariaDB Server from source, it’s time to code our first data type! We will create a MariaDB plugin that registers a new MONEY type and instantiates a custom field…