I was wondering if anybody has used CoreLabs MySql control with StrataFrame.

Mike

Not yet...there is such little demand a number of other items are higher up on the list (i.e. DDT enhancements, new BO Mapper and BO Mapper enhancments, etc.).  We will still more than likely create one but to be honest, there are fewer and fewer demands (which were small to begin with) for MySQL.  I think that many developers have moved over to SQL Server Express.  However, we know that there are still developers who want to use MySQL and still have this on our list.

Hi Trent,



How realistic would it be to see SF support for MySQL?



I like MS-SQLExpress but being realistic it is by far much harder to support, install and maintain on customer's computers.



For big clients this may no be an issue, but for small clients and small projects it could be a real pain to automate the install of MS-SQL2008 Express, no to mention the hardware requirements for MS-SQL versus MySQL.



I have an application running on Visual FoxPro which I have been wanting to port to SF, but the customers using this application have very low end hardware, some of them with just 256 MB RAM and being honest the application does not requires more than that, but I have not make the final decision to port this application because SF (DDT/BOM/RBS) does not support MySQL which would be the best database for this project.



I understand that fully supporting MySQL would required some changes and a lot of test, but I also believe that if you market SF support for MySQL you would get more customers.

Edhy Rijo

Forgot to mention, would you be willing to do a Poll to see how many current SF users would like to see support for MySQL?

Edhy Rijo

I wonder if another possible solution might be to create a plug-in architecture for the BO mapper, so users could add support for other databases/data sources. We can already add DataSourceItems, why not the same concept for the code that generates the designer files, either via an interface or a base class?



Just an idea....