The MariaDB driver, which is bundled with NetBeans, should be fully compatible/equivalent to the MySQL driver. It's a fork of the same code, just under a different name and license.
(I'm not 100% sure whether the MySQL server management actions recognize this, though.) -- Eirik From: Emilian Bold <emilian.b...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2020 8:44 AM To: fran...@choughs.org Cc: users <users@netbeans.apache.org> Subject: Re: I cannot find the MySQL Plugin If you rightclick Databases in the Services window you have a 'Register MySQL server' action. If you right click and do 'New Connection' you have a wizard mentioning how the MySQL driver can be installed. Due to licensing issues Apache can't include out of the box the MySQL driver... --emi On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 3:20 PM Dr Francis Greaves <fran...@choughs.org<mailto:fran...@choughs.org>> wrote: Dear All I thought I would move from Oracle Netbeans 8.2 to the Apache 11.3 version of Netbeans, only to come unstuck at the absence of a MySQL Plugin. I know there is a Database connection in the Services, but I cannot get that to connect. Is there an alternative? Looks Like I will stick with the 8.2 Netbeans for now. Regards Francis
