Assistance Needed: Installing Missing Database Drivers for MariaDB

Chrisflfm

Hello everyone,

I am exploring JASP as a potential alternative to Minitab and would like to test it using a large database. However, I am encountering an issue when trying to connect to my MariaDB database. I keep receiving 'driver not loaded' error messages.

I attempted to use ODBC, but unfortunately, I couldn't get it to work within JASP. Could someone please guide me on how to install the necessary database drivers for MariaDB in JASP?

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance.

Chris

EJ

Hello Chris,

Thanks for bringing this up. Could you post this on our GitHub page? This is a technical question and you are better off talking to the programming team directly. For details see https://jasp-stats.org/2018/03/29/request-feature-report-bug-jasp/

If this does not work for you please let me know and we will deal with your issue some other way

EJ

Chrisflfm

Hello EJ,

Thank you for your response and for pointing me to the GitHub page. However, after running into this issue on my first attempt, I think I’ll hold off on further exploring JASP for now. I was hoping for a smoother experience on the first try, and encountering issues like this has made it a bit frustrating.

I may revisit it at a later date if the issues are resolved. Thanks again for your time, and I hope things improve for future users!

Best regards,

Chris

jgoosen

Hey Chris,

Im sorry you felt it was such a brusque experience.

The problem with the database support is that it depends on a lot of different factors, like where you have your database running (is it localhost, is it a server?) and what clients you have installed.

Im fairly sure qt's sql database driver works with https://mariadb.com/docs/connectors/mariadb-connector-c/mariadb-connector-c-guide

See the docs:

https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/sql-driver.html#qmysql-for-mysql-or-mariadb-5-6-and-higher

Im assuming you are on windows here, but you didnt specify.

I usually am able to follow github issues a lot easier than this website.