[DISCUSS] Missing basic features ? ROADMAP

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 22/3/07 12:19 PM, "Kim Kohen" <kim at webguide.com.au> wrote:

> I'd still like to see a conversion utility for other db engines:
> MySQL especially, but also PG, SQLite, Access, even Excel. I know
> most will be via ODBC but it would be nice to have a conversion
> utility which just worked.  I can't see that access to MySQL should
> be a big issue with licensing either - if the user already has a
> MySQL server running it would be assumed they had a license, yes?

Not a fact.

Such "converter" use their client-driver.
They want license for mySQL 5.0+
 
> As I said in an earlier email, I think the ultimate solution for
> someone using MySQL etc wanting to try Valentina would be to:
> 
> 1) Convert db through conversion utility
> 2) change  mydb = new MySQL database to mydb = New Valentina Database
> 3) compile and build application :)

Right. 
 
Lets hope with time we will come to this dream :)


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Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

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