MariaDB is in most aspects identical to MySQL. Differences between MySQL and MariaDB can be found at: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-versus-mysql-features/ http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-versus-mysql-compatibility/ The MariaDB manual can be found at: http://kb.askmonty.org/ The MySQL Reference Manual is available in various formats on http://dev.mysql.com/doc.