Re: Can we expect to see MySQL in NB soon?

Look, folks, let's get down to the brass tacks here.  So far everyone has been looking at this integration specifically from "the ease of development" standpoint.  Now, for those developers who are using M$ Window$, having MySQL embedded with the IDE would probably not be a bad thing, so they can develop an application (desktop or web) that attaches to a *real* database server, instead of the DerbyDB system.  For those of us who run and develop on Linux, having MySQL embedded with the IDE wouldn't be that good of a thing, as we already (usually) have MySQL installed via our distro, configured and usable.  All of this is the "ease of development" standpoint.  However, I think that everyone is missing the bigger issue.

I don't know about anyone else, but for *most* (read, "all but one") of my projects, my clients usually already have a database server that they are used to, with a ton of data on it.  Now, some of those clients may have MySQL, some may have M$ SQL, some may be running PostGreSQL or DBII, or whatever.  If I'm developing with MySQL, sometimes, not often but sometimes, an stored procedure that I write on MySQL doesn't work as expected on other RDBMS.  With that in mind, I typically have all of the various SQL servers installed on my development machine and start/stop them as necessary based upon the server that my client uses.

Basically, what I'm saying is that our clients' needs should determine the way that we develop, not ease of development.  We all need to look at the issue of whether MySQL should be embedded with NetBeans from the "client-centric" standpoint.  Do we all want to force all of our clients to use MySQL, simply because MySQL is more convenient for us due to being embedded in our IDE of choice?  I say no!  I'm not saying that MySQL shouldn't be an *optional* install with the IDE, but it should *never, ever* be a _required_ component.  If we look at this question from a client-centric standpoint, I'm sure all of us will agree that having one particular SQL server embedded with out IDE would be a bad idea.  The only way that this would be a good idea is if Sun purchased *all* of the RDBMS systems and then NetBeans embedded all of them within the IDE.  You see, that would be ridiculous, but would keep all of us focused on our clients...Just my $0.02.

Cheers,

Sean Carrick
PekinSOFT Systems
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