What this book covers

Chapter 1, Installing MariaDB, describes the steps that need be taken before starting to use MariaDB.

Chapter 2, Databases and Tables, explains how to create data structures.

Chapter 3, Getting Started with SQL, covers the statements used to add, modify, or delete data in a database and the queries used to extract information.

Chapter 4, Importing and Exporting Data, explains how to import and export data.

Chapter 5, Views and Virtual Columns, presents views and virtual columns, which are used to shift the data logic from an application to a database.

Chapter 6, Dynamic Columns, explains how to store heterogeneous data in MariaDB using dynamic columns.

Chapter 7, Full-Text Searches, presents different ways to do full-text searches with MariaDB.

Chapter 8, Using the CONNECT Storage Engine, presents the CONNECT storage engine and ways to connect external data sources directly to MariaDB.