MariaDb is not supported?

[PatriceDargenton]

I think MariaDb is not supported. If I convert a MariaDb sql dump to a MySql dump (i.e. just remove the default value from some text fields), and use a MySql database engine instead of a MariaDb engine (swapping is possible using Docker), DatabaseSchemaReader works fine.

[PatriceDargenton]

If I can find a fix (using MySql for MariaDB, it's a fork of MySql), I'll make a pull request instead.

[PatriceDargenton]

Hello, you already have a test for MariaDb in DatabaseSchemaReaderTest.IntegrationTests, and it works fine:

[TestMethod, TestCategory("MariaDb")]
public void MariaDbTest()
{
    var connectionString = "Server=127.0.0.1;User ID=root;Password=Secret;Port=3308;Database=nation";
    using (var connection = new MySqlConnector.MySqlConnection(connectionString))
    {
        ProviderChecker.Check(connection);
        var dbReader = new DatabaseReader(connection);
        var schema = dbReader.ReadAll();
        Assert.IsTrue(schema.Tables.Count > 0);
    }
}

But using this constructor, it does not work:

    var connectionString = "Server=127.0.0.1;User ID=root;Password=Secret;Port=3308;Database=nation";
    var dbReader = new DatabaseReader(connectionString, "MySql.Data.MySqlClient");
    var schema = dbReader.ReadAll();
    Assert.IsTrue(schema.Tables.Count > 0);

I tried debugging step by step, but I couldn't find what's wrong in this second way.
If this can be fixed with little code then it will be great, otherwise I can refactor a little my code in the same way as the first test, it works fine.

[martinjw]

My test code is using MySqlConnector, but your code is using Oracle's MySql.Data, which is frankly not very friendly to MariaDb. We found MySqlConnector was a good drop-in replacement for MySql.Data, and much faster. We have also use Devart's MySql provider with MariaDb.

[PatriceDargenton]

Thank you, it works fine! I can use the "MySqlConnector" dbProvider name, I just have to add it in the app.config :

<DbProviderFactories>
     <add name="MySqlConnector"
        invariant="MySqlConnector"
        description="Async MySQL ADO.NET Connector"
        type="MySqlConnector.MySqlConnectorFactory, MySqlConnector, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=d33d3e53aa5f8c92" />
</DbProviderFactories>