README(3p)

DBD::MariaDB - database driver for Perl
This is the Perl DBI driver for access to MariaDB and MySQL databases.

The goal of our effort was to fix MariaDB compatibility, Perl Unicode support and security related bugs.

This Perl DBI driver is a fork of the DBD::mysql driver and was created because said issues in the original DBD::mysql have not been addressed for more than a year.

  Usage
Usage of this Perl DBI driver is described in DBD::MariaDB.

  Installation
Installation is described in DBD::MariaDB::INSTALL.

  Support
This module comes with no warranty and is distributed as is.

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  License
This module is released under the same license as Perl itself. See Perl Licensing <https://dev.perl.org/licenses/> for details.

  Contributing
Contributions are welcome.