From 7546c28b416e4946846fdc7a5f4339b54b6a826f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Lenski <dlenski@amazon.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:41:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Mention that PonyORM works with MariaDB as well

Because MySQL and MariaDB use the same on-the-wire protocol and most
SQL-level features are identical, PonyORM also works with MariaDB, using the
MySQL provider.

Tested on MariaDB 10.6.14.

After creating a 'test' database, and a user 'whoever' with access to that
database (`GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON test.* TO whoever`), the "first steps"
from https://docs.ponyorm.org/firststeps.html work fine, e.g.:

    from pony.orm import *
    db=Database()
    class Person(db.Entity):
        name=Required(str)
        age=Required(int)
    db.bind(provider='mysql', user='whoever', password='foobar', db='test')
    db.generate_mapping(create_tables=True)
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 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 47d5204d..9b65330e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Here is an example query in Pony:
 select(p for p in Product if p.name.startswith('A') and p.cost <= 1000)
 ```
 
-Pony translates queries to SQL using a specific database dialect. Currently Pony works with SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle databases.
+Pony translates queries to SQL using a specific database dialect. Currently Pony works with SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and Oracle databases.
 
 By providing a Pythonic API, Pony facilitates fast app development. Pony is an easy-to-learn and easy-to-use library. It makes your work more productive and helps to save resources. Pony achieves this ease of use through the following: