MSQL2MYSQL(1)

💖 msql2mysql(1) — the MariaDB Database System glow-up 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, we're talking about msql2mysql(1) and honestly? it's giving time capsule. it's a tiny little conversion gremlin from the MariaDB Database System and it has ONE job and it does it. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

msql2mysql — the lil tool that converts mSQL programs so they work with MariaDB 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

msql2mysqlC-source-file ...

(yes the spacing is literally like that in the original, i am not touching it, that's canon fr fr 😭)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so storytime 📖 back in the day, the MySQL C API was literally designed to be very similar to the C API for the mSQL database system. like, sisters. twins. same vibes. and because of that, mSQL programs can often be converted pretty easily for use with MariaDB — you basically just swap out the names of the C API functions and you're slaying ✨

that's where msql2mysql comes in. it does the conversion of mSQL C API function calls into their MariaDB equivalents. it's the translator. the middlewoman. the group chat admin 🎀

⚠️ MAJOR WARNING BESTIE: msql2mysql converts the input file in place. like, it edits the file right there. so make a copy of the original before converting it, i am begging you 😭🙈

for example, use msql2mysql like this:

shell> cp client-prog.c client-prog.c.orig
shell> msql2mysql client-prog.c
client-prog.c converted

then — and this part is important — go look at client-prog.c and make any post-conversion revisions that may be necessary. it's not a set-it-and-forget-it situation, okay? go read your code. be a responsible main character 📚💜

oh and also? msql2mysql uses the replace utility to make all those function name substitutions. so if you wanna know the lore, go see replace(1). iykyk 🔥

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 2010-2025 MariaDB Foundation

This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1335 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/

(no cap, that's the whole license bit, read it, it matters 💀)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Documentation, available online at https://mariadb.com/docs/

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/)

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and that's the whole page bestie!! 🎀 this was MariaDB 11.8, dated 5 March 2025 — thank you for coming to my ted talk, go back up your files before you run anything, ily, bye ✨💖🦋