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we should switch to the mariadb java connector once we upgrade to gerrit 2.14. Reason is we will not be able to use the debian repo to manage mysql connector for us when we upgrade to 2.15 as it bumps the version to 6.x and includes breaking api changes which is done in gerrit. Secondly we should use this connector as we use mariadb, so lets use a connector made for mariadb. The connector also works for mysql. I've been using this connector locally and on gerrit-test3. we can use it like type = mariadb hostname = <ip> database = <db> username = <username> url = jdbc:mariadb://<ip>/<db>?sessionVariables=character_set_client=utf8,character_set_results=utf8,character_set_connection=utf8,collation_connection=utf8_unicode_ci,collation_database=utf8_unicode_ci,collation_server=utf8_unicode_ci we won't need to manage these connectors long as gerrit 3.0 will drop support for db.

we should switch to the mariadb java connector. Reason is we use a mariadb database so by using a mariadb java connector we may improve performance or better support for mariadb features. It’s also better maintained and also supports session based variables. we can use it like type = mariadb hostname = <ip> database = <db> username = <username> url = jdbc:mariadb://<ip>/<db>?sessionVariables=character_set_client=utf8,character_set_results=utf8,character_set_connection=utf8,collation_connection=utf8_unicode_ci,collation_database=utf8_unicode_ci,collation_server=utf8_unicode_ci

we should switch to the mariadb java connector once we upgrade to gerrit 2.14. Reason is we will not be able to use the debian repo to manage mysql connector for us when we upgrade to 2.15 as it bumps the version to 6.x and includes breaking api changes which is done in gerrit. Secondly we should use this connector as we use mariadb, so lets use a connector made for mariadb. The connector also works for mysqlReason is we use a mariadb database so by using a mariadb java connector we may improve performance or better support for mariadb features. I've been using this connector locally and on gerrit-test3It’s also better maintained and also supports session based variables. we can use it like type = mariadb hostname = <ip> database = <db> username = <username> url = jdbc:mariadb://<ip>/<db>?sessionVariables=character_set_client=utf8,character_set_results=utf8,character_set_connection=utf8,collation_connection=utf8_unicode_ci,collation_database=utf8_unicode_ci,collation_server=utf8_unicode_ci we won't need to manage these connectors long as gerrit 3.0 will drop support for db.