OK well put me firmly in the include MSSQL JDBC driver in the installer camp please!
I downloaded the Microsoft 7.0 and 6.0 JDBCs and neither seem to work with ignition 8.0 or I don’t know how to configure them to work properly. In the end I had to copy the MSSQL driver and translator setup and dig the sqljdbc4.jar out of an Ignition 7.9 installation to get things working. There is no way I would have just figured it out. Obviously I am one of those that would need hand holding to get it going.
MySQL is absolutely adequate for for development and small to medium sized installations. There are larger enterprise customers and or Microsoft shops that require MSSQLServer. I think not having MSSQL ready to go out of the box would be a hindrance to some new and existing Ignition users.
Thanks for the help.