[Digikam-users] digikam and mysql

[Gilles Caulier]

yes, digiKam 1.3.0 support Mysql now.

As you run svn trunk (1.4.0), some littel fixes have been introduced.

There is nothing to do. Just go to Database setup panel, and swith to
QMYSQL (mysql driver for Qt4)

You have 2 options : using mysql in local, or in remote.

In local mode, digiKam will setup all for you. In remote, you need to
run a mysql server somewhere on you network.

The advantage of remote server, is to share DB with another digiKam
session on another computer (as in photo agency for ex, which use a
NAS to host collections)

All the best

Gilles Caulier

2010/7/17 Elle Stone <l.elle.stone at gmail.com>:
> Hi digiKam users,
>
> When I set up my digiKam 10.4 database, I installed mysql first,
> because I wanted to created the database with mysql instead of sqlite.
> My understanding is that mysql will scale better and perhaps be more
> reliable. True? I am not well-versed in mysql, or sqlite, or digiKam
> for that matter.
>
> For some reason digiKam couldn't connect to mysql. Is mysql actually
> supported yet? I searched the internet and found references to qmysql.
> But on Lucid Ubuntu the closest program I could find is
> libqt4-sql-mysql, which is also installed.
>
> I added myself to the mysql users with what I think is full
> privileges. But I didn't create an empty database.
>
> Does digiKam create its own mysql database? Are there instructions
> somewhere? Does using mysql with digiKam require a full kde
> environment? I checked the users manual and searched the mailing list
> but didn't find a digiKam-mysql "how to".
>
> Thanking you for any enlightenment
>
> Elle
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