MySQL Embedded and Technically Embedded at the User Conference

Yepp, it's back again. By popular request, libmysqld is here with us again, having been off to attend other important library matters, whatever those are. But before I go on about this, let me tell what the heck I'm talking about, if you missed the neginning here.

MySQL can be embedded in your application, this is what is often called MySQL Embedded. If you are an ISV (Independent Software Vendor) or OEM (Original Equiment Manufacturer) then this should interest you. If you have never theard those acronyms before, then what this means is that you represent a company that, as part of some unique solution, integrates components from outside vendors. such as MySQL (and you you think that OEM in particular is a weird acronym, theen you are not alone, but this is historical).

Now, assume you build an application that might not be completely Open Source or use an license that is incompatible with GPL. So you have to use non-GPL software. Then this is where MySQL Embedded comes in. It has a different license (and a price), that allows you to do just that.

But there is some confusion here. Embedded as I described it so far is in terms of how MySQL is bundled with an application, it really has no technical implications. So then we can talk about deeply embedded ocg technically embedded, which means that the MySQL Database runs as a component inside your application. No Windows Services. No daemons. Nothing like that. When the application starts, MySQL starts with it, and when the application shuts down, for whatever reason, MySQL stops. This is what libmysqld is. A library that contains nearly the whole MySQL Server that you link with your application.

I will be speaking about libmysqld at the MySQL User Conference later this year. I have a pretty good idea on what to talk about, you can see it for yourself on the description of my talk if you follow the link given. But I would want to hear from you. Is there anything more you want to know. I will do some benchmarking eventually (I haven't seen anyone else doing it), but that I plan to show and discuss here at the Blog. Also, if you are interested in libmysqld, what features do you lack? The current "C library-only" is a limitation, what would you like to see next? Do you have experiences with libmysqld? Good or bad? Come to my talk, and let's talk about it.

Your truly embedded
/Karlsson