README.md

Connecting Go and MariaDB with ADBC

Instructions

Tip

If you already have a MariaDB instance running, skip the steps to set up and clean up MariaDB.

Prerequisites

1. Install Go

2. Install dbc

Set up MariaDB

1. Install Docker

2. Start a MariaDB instance:

   docker run --detach --name some-mariadb -p 3306:3306 --env MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw mariadb:latest

Connect to MariaDB

1. Install the MySQL ADBC driver:

   dbc install mysql

2. Customize the Go program main.go as needed

   • Change the connection arguments in the NewDatabase() call
     • Format uri according to the DSN (Data Source Name) format used by Go-MySQL-Driver, or keep it as is
   • If you changed which database you're connecting to, also change the SQL SELECT statement in stmt.SetSqlQuery()

3. Run the Go program:

   go mod tidy
   go run main.go

Clean up

Stop the Docker container running MariaDB:

docker stop some-mariadb