Re: VFP 2 MySql

Author: MB Software Solutions, LLC

Posted: 2011-10-18 at 22:49:02

On 10/18/2011 7:17 PM, Stephen Russell wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Sytze de Boer<sytze.kiss@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Yup

>> I think from what you say, i can even open the mysql database from within

>> vfp, and then open a table just like any other table?

> --------------------

>

> No you cannot consider it VFP lite.

>

> you have to make a connection to an ODBC database and have scripts

> (select statements) to pull data back to VFP. You will also need

> update and insert scripts as well to save data.

>

I'm making a simple demo that goes against Paul McNett's brewdomain

sample database, to help those of you out who wonder how you can use VFP

with MySQL. Expect it sometime later this month. I'll post it in the

Downloads section and announce it here.

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Mike Babcock, MCP

MB Software Solutions, LLC

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