MySQL and ASP.NET?

[spt60]

- Is MySQL free for commercial business use?
- Is MySQL compatible with ASP.NET and Microsoft Visual Studio development?

Thanks!

[Puppy]

- I have never fully understand its licensing [1]. My understanding is its free as long as you don't ship it with your product.
- Ha ha ha. There is a .NET connector for MySQL but it still does not support LINQ and Entity Framework. There are long threads in their forum with many questions regarding the support with no answers [2] for more than half a year. I no longer believe in .NET support by MySQL.

I'd strongly recommend MS SQL Express Edition which is free (with several limitations like 4GB database size) for sure and in my opinion is more technically mature product [3], especially togehter with .NET.

Some links with more information:
[1] http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?4,2178 ... msg-218425
[2] http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?38,226 ... msg-226284
[3] http://www.devx.com/MicrosoftISV/Article/38728/0/page/2

BTW You should rename the thread to "MySQL and ASP.NET" because ASP and ASP.NET are completely different technologies.

[spt60]

Thanks for the detail reply. I was guessing the same
Is SQL Express free for commercial/business use? I know it comes with MS Visual Studio ^)

[Puppy]

Yes, it is free (requires registration) http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPo ... 1&SiteID=1