After a long time waiting for MySQL to release the connector for Visual Studio 2008 the day finally came a week ago. Myself and probably a lot of people is in desperate need of the connector for developing purposes. Sadly it’s only in alpha state right now and from previous experience of alpha-builds it is going to work fine for some people but not at all for most people.
Only by checking MySQL’s forum you get a pretty nice idea of all the problems occurring with the alpha-build, so maybe the day haven’t finally come. I guess I’m going to install and do a test-run home before I install the connector on my work machine, but still the fact lies, if the connector works at home, is it then going to work on my machine at work?
I do appreciate MySQL’s effort of releasing a .Net connector for Visual Studio 2008 and hopefully the alpha-release works fine for me. But the waiting is still a fact, and I hope all the problems in the alpha-release will only contribute to a better beta and finally, a better final-release.
And as a note; Today is the day MySQL is officially part of Sun, read all about it here.
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