MySQL Bugs: #83224: Linked Servers of MS SQL; CONNECT Storage Engine of MariaDB; or Oracle Database

Bug #83224	Linked Servers of MS SQL; CONNECT Storage Engine of MariaDB; or Oracle Database
Submitted:	30 Sep 2016 11:22
Reporter:	Juan Telleria	Email Updates:
Status:	Open	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server	Severity:	S4 (Feature request)
Version:	5.7	OS:	Any
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	feature request

Description:
Nowadays, most data necessary isn't in our servers, and it is hosted in other RDBMS making FEDERATED engine unuseful, that is why I would like to suggest the possibility to add one (or all :-D) of the following features to MySQL: 

a) MS SQL like "Linked Servers", which support ODBC connections. This would enable to connect MySQL to other RDBMS (Such as SQL Server) to obtain data in an easy way. 

b) A CONNECT Storage Engine like the one of MariaDB. 

c) Or ODBC connecting capabilities such as the ones of "Oracle Database Gateway". 

Thank you :-)

How to repeat:
Implementing those new storage engines of MariaDB such as CONNECT is a new feature that has not been previously suggested.