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effkay
effkay

Reputation: 854

MySQL Connector for .NET - Is it REALLY mature?

After spending a miserable month with MySQL/.NET/EntityFramework, my findings:

Support for Entity Framework is VERY primitive, please use it for student-subjects type of database. Kindly do not consider it using for serious development as they ARE STILL unable to sort out VERY BASIC things like:

Anyone who would like to add in above list?

WISH I would have seen a list like this before I selected MySQL :(

Upvotes: 9

Views: 2215

Answers (4)

Nicholas Piasecki
Nicholas Piasecki

Reputation: 25583

I have had my own share of problems with the Compact Framework version, which is the same source with a few #ifdefs.

Upvotes: 1

Felipe Lima
Felipe Lima

Reputation: 10750

MySql .NET Connector is indeed miserable. I'm quitting now my efforts on supporting it on my current project. The support/documentation is very poor and the functionality is indeed VERY primitive. Work a little bit with FKs, uints, DateTime and Guid and you'll see how hell looks like.

I expected Sun to invest some more on it...

Upvotes: 3

John M
John M

Reputation: 14668

I use MySQL Connector 6.0.3 on a variety of .NET applications.

Most of the work I do is the 'basic' SQL type stuff - SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE and for this the connector works fine.

Issues I have relate to lack-of-documentation - most of the emphasis for .NET applications is on using MSSQL and not MySQL.

Upvotes: 1

kenwarner
kenwarner

Reputation: 29120

It seems like they only have one guy working on it. Look through the MySQL forums and you'll see how long it even took them to get an alpha out the door. I'm not surprised they still haven't managed to get some of the basics right

Upvotes: 1

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