AFUG : VFP Accessing MySQL
Last night I had the honor of speaking at the Atlanta Foxpro Users Group meeting. Time really got away from me but I cobbled together a presentation and demonstration on "VFP accessing MySQL".
I think it went well. I'm surprised at how many people hadn't even considered MySQL as a viable alternative backend compared to VFP or SQL Server. MySQL is a very good database system and VFP talks to it just fine!
For the presentation, I build my own little network in Max & Erma's restaurant. I had two MEPIS Linux laptops networked with a LinkSys router. One had MySQL running on it, the other had a virtual machine with XP running and VFP running inside of that. It worked slick although the connection process took longer than when I tested it in my house. I still don't know why. Oh well.
To see my (brief) presentation write-up, visit my presentations page.