Snapdragon

Databases
1

Friends

Anybody develop any database apps on Windows Snapdragon? If so, what are you using for a database and/or connection mechanism?

Thanks
fritz

2

Snapdragon is an ARM CPU, so superficially anything for Windows ARM should be ok? Practically there could be other differences.

3

Mr. Kennedy

It’s my understanding (and personal experience thus far) that practically no database or database tools run on Windows ARM/Snapdragon except for SQLite, MS Access and LibreOffice Base. OLE DB, ODBC, MySQL, Local Db, SQL Server and seemingly any connection attempted through Visual Studio do not work (a few experts have used LocalDB with a bit of jiggery). If anyone has any information that runs counter to my conclusions, I would love to hear about it.

Thank you
fritz

NB
I can get a successful connection in Xojo from a remote MySQL server, and it may be that the MySQL utilities for server configuration work. I haven’t tried everything yet.

4

list of app:

i’ve one to sqlite forums and serach for snapdragon: no found; you can do that for the other dbms…

https://sqlite.org/forum/forum?x=25&n=25

5

Emile

I know what apps run on Snapdragon and I know the databases and database connections I listed don’t run. I’m also having a hard time opening some Xojo IDE projects that I wrote on other platforms. So I’m wondering if anybody else on the forums have had some challenges writing for or with Windows Snapdragon, or if they’ve heard anything about database support coming down the road.

Thank you,
fritz

6

Given the at Snapdragon is an SOC made for phones it’s not surprising that running windows and an SQL server is difficult. Unless they make more powerful ones like Apple did with the M series it may well stay that way.

7

Yes, but it would indeed be surprising if a major Windows platform, heavily promoted by Microsoft, would have a flagship computer remain unsupported by Microsoft technologies like ODBC and OLE, and would not be inviting compatibility by the MySQL connector, LocalDB and SQL Server Express.

And I can’t tell you the Windows Surface 11 Snapdragon is the equal of the Mac M1 in terms of power, but I can certainly affirm that it can hold its own with any business PC laptop I know of at the moment, with the edge in rapid resume and battery life, with a superior screen and excellent design. After a decade in the doldrums, the new Snapdragon is no mere phone processor. If Windows goes through the trouble of actually supporting it, this design will sell bigtime.