MySQL / MariaDB

Connect to a MySQL database and set up a workspace.

Source and Destination Databases

Before you begin

Before you begin, gather this connection information:

• Name of the server that hosts the database you want to connect to and port number

• User name and password

• Are you connecting to an SSL server?

Connect and set up the workspace

Launch Syntho and select Connect to a database, or under Create workspace, select MySQL / MariaDB. For a complete list of data connections, select More under To a Server. Then do the following:

1. Enter the name of the server that hosts the database.

2. Enter the database name to connect to the contained database.

3. Enter the port number.

4. Leave the protocol as-is. Only in very specific circumstances you may want to change this.

5. Enter the user name and password.

   Select the Require SSL option when connecting to an SSL server.

6. Select Create workspace. If Syntho can't make the connection, verify that your credentials are correct. If you still can't connect, your computer is having trouble locating the server. Contact your network administrator or database administrator.

Limitations

• Columns with the data type SET are not supported.

Connector Limitations for MySQL / MariaDB

Our MySQL and MariaDB connector, utilizing SQLAlchemy, presents certain limitations that may impact your operations:

Known Issues

• Backtick Characters in Names: While MySQL supports the use of backtick characters (`) in table and column names by escaping them, SQLAlchemy fails to escape these characters correctly. This can result in mismatches during table and column referencing in read or write operations.

• Empty SET Data Type: MySQL allows defining columns with an empty SET definition (SET('')). However, SQLAlchemy does not support this edge case, which may lead to issues when working with SET data types.

Supported data types

The table below outlines the support for various data types in terms of generator type, and if any additional processing is performed by Syntho to successfully generate and write the data.

Data Type	AI-powered Generation	Mockers	Mask	Calculated Columns
INTEGER	True	True	True	True
TINYINT	True	True	True	True
SMALLINT	True	True	True	True
MEDIUMINT	True	True	True	True
BIGINT	True	True	True	True
FLOAT	True	True	True	True
DOUBLE	True	True	True	True
DOUBLE PRECISION	True	True	True	True
DECIMAL	True	True	True	True
CHAR	True	True	True	True
VARCHAR	True	True	True	True
TEXT	True	True	True	True
LONGTEXT	True	True	True	True
TINYTEXT	True	True	True	True
MEDIUMTEXT	True	True	True	True
BINARY	False	False	False	False
VARBINARY	False	False	False	False
BLOB	False	False	False	False
TINYBLOB	False	False	False	False
MEDIUMBLOB	False	False	False	False
LONGBLOB	False	False	False	False
DATE	True	True	True	False
TIME	True	True	True	False
DATETIME	True	True	True	False
TIMESTAMP	True	True	True	False
YEAR	True	True	True	False
BIT	True	True	True	True
JSON	False	True	False	False
ENUM	False	False	False	False
SET	False	False	False	False
BOOL	True	True	True	True
BOOLEAN	True	True	True	True
POINT	False	True*	True*	True*
GEOMETRY	False	True*	True*	True*
LINESTRING	False	True*	True*	True*
POLYGON	False	True*	True*	True*
MULTIPOINT	False	True*	True*	True*
MULTILINESTRING	False	True*	True*	True*
MULTIPOLYGON	False	True*	True*	True*
GEOMETRYCOLLECTION	False	True*	True*	True*

*Some data types are not actively supported; however, certain generators such as AI-powered generation, mask, mockers, or calculated columns may still show 'True' for these fields. This means the generators can be applied, even though the types are not actively supported. Duplication is fully supported for these data types.