# mariadb-embedded

`mariadb-embedded` is a \[mariadb client]\(../mariadb-client/mariadb-command line-client.md), statically linked to `libmariadbd`, the embedded server.

Previously, the client was called `mysql_embedded`. It can still be accessed under this name, via a symlink in Linux, or an alternate binary in Windows.

Upon execution, an embedded MariaDB server is instantiated, and you can execute statements just as you would using the normal mariadb client, using the same options.

{% hint style="danger" %}
Do not run *mariadb-embedded* using the same database as a running MariaDB server!
{% endhint %}

## Examples

```bash
sudo mariadb-embedded -e 'select user, host, password from mysql.user where user="root"'
+------+-----------+-------------------------------------------+
| user | host      | password                                  |
+------+-----------+-------------------------------------------+
| root | localhost | *196BDEDE2AE4F84CA44C47D54D78478C7E2BD7B7 |
| root | db1       | *196BDEDE2AE4F84CA44C47D54D78478C7E2BD7B7 |
| root | 127.0.0.1 | *196BDEDE2AE4F84CA44C47D54D78478C7E2BD7B7 |
| root | ::1       | *196BDEDE2AE4F84CA44C47D54D78478C7E2BD7B7 |
+------+-----------+-------------------------------------------+
```

Sending options with `--server-arg`:

```bash
sudo mariadb-embedded --server-arg='--skip-innodb'
  --server-arg='--default-storage-engine=myisam' 
  --server-arg='--log-error=/tmp/mysql.err' 
  -e 'select user, host, password from mysql.user where user="root"'
+------+-----------+-------------------------------------------+
| user | host      | password                                  |
+------+-----------+-------------------------------------------+
| root | localhost | *196BDEDE2AE4F84CA44C47D54D78478C7E2BD7B7 |
| root | db1       | *196BDEDE2AE4F84CA44C47D54D78478C7E2BD7B7 |
| root | 127.0.0.1 | *196BDEDE2AE4F84CA44C47D54D78478C7E2BD7B7 |
| root | ::1       | *196BDEDE2AE4F84CA44C47D54D78478C7E2BD7B7 |
+------+-----------+-------------------------------------------+
```

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