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	Type	AI-powered Generation	Other Generators (Duplicate/Mask/Mockers/Calculated Columns/Hash)
INTEGER	discrete	☑️	☑️
TINYINT	discrete	☑️	☑️
SMALLINT	discrete	☑️	☑️
MEDIUMINT	discrete	☑️	☑️
BIGINT	discrete	☑️	☑️
FLOAT	continuous	☑️	☑️
DOUBLE	continuous	☑️	☑️
DOUBLE PRECISION	continuous	☑️	☑️
DECIMAL	continuous	☑️	☑️
CHAR	categorical	☑️	☑️
VARCHAR	categorical	☑️	☑️
TEXT	categorical	☑️	☑️
LONGTEXT	categorical	☑️	☑️
TINYTEXT	categorical	☑️	☑️
MEDIUMTEXT	categorical	☑️	☑️
BINARY	bytes	☐️	☑️
VARBINARY	bytes	☐️	☑️
BLOB	bytes	☐️	☑️
TINYBLOB	bytes	☐️	☑️
MEDIUMBLOB	bytes	☐️	☑️
LONGBLOB	bytes	☐️	☑️
DATE	datetime	☑️	☑️
TIME	datetime	☑️	☑️
DATETIME	datetime	☑️	☑️
TIMESTAMP	datetime	☑️	☑️
YEAR	datetime	☑️	☑️
BIT	discrete	☑️	☑️
JSON	json	☑️	☑️
ENUM	sets	☑️	☑️
SET	sets	☑️	☑️
BOOL	discrete	☑️	☑️
BOOLEAN	discrete	☑️	☑️
POINT	no active support	☐️	☑️
GEOMETRY	no active support	☐️	☑️
LINESTRING	no active support	☐️	☑️
POLYGON	no active support	☐️	☑️
MULTIPOINT	no active support	☐️	☑️
MULTILINESTRING	no active support	☐️	☑️
MULTIPOLYGON	no active support	☐️	☑️
GEOMETRYCOLLECTION	no active support	☐️	☑️