Why do I do that you could ask
The reason is simple. I need a connection to a database that isn't always available. Not only would this connection be to read data (if this would be the case I could simply create a DB server and use the Database Manager ignoring error messages when the server is not available) but I also need to update data. For this I would have to create a form and that would imply that I ALWAYS need a connection. In this case an absent server would create lots of error messages I can not ignore anymore.
So, I created a plugin. I can create a db server like I normally do (or I hardcode a connection in my method) and connect through my plugin. I can get a dataset (more over something that behaves like a servoy dataset) and I can update the dataset. Potentially dangerous when you want the data to be used by a servoy solution but in my case I don't need anything else but to get and update data without any other use for the data in Servoy.
Right now I created this functionalitly in another plugin that remains private but I could tear it apart and make it public. It would be a paid project but anybody interested please let me know what you think of it and tell me what you expect it to do...
Cheers
