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HOWTO articles - Databases

This section contains how to articles intended to guide users to setup and maintain various database systems on Slackware based systems.

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Install MariaDB On SlackwareInstall MariaDB On Slackware MariaDB is the drop-in replacement for MySQL. Installing MariaDB Install MariaDB from the official Slackware discs or using slackpkg. If you performed a full install of Slackware, then you already have MariaDB on your computer., , , , ,
Install MySQL On SlackwareInstall MySQL On Slackware Installing MySQL Install MySQL from the official Slackware discs or using slackpkg. If you performed a full install of Slackware, then you already have MySQL on your computer. Configuring MySQL * Create the needed database(s) and set their permissions properly, , , , ,
Connect to Microsoft SQL Server with ODBC and PHPConnect to Microsoft SQL Server with ODBC and PHP Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft. This article will describe how to set up unixODBC and PHP drivers to connect to MS SQL server. Installing unixODBC unixODBC is an open source project that implements the ODBC, , , , , , , ,
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL PostgreSQL,or Postgres, is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) with an emphasis on extensibility and on standards-compliance. Installing Postgres is currently available from slackbuilds.org and can be installed via that. PHP / Apache Support, , ,

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