Versions

MySQL Connector/Net

Connector/NET Versions

There are several versions of Connector/NET available:

  • Connector/NET 1.0 includes support for MySQL 4.0, MySQL 4.1, MySQL 5.0 features, and full compatibility with the ADO.NET driver interface.

  • Connector/NET 5.0 includes support for MySQL 4.0, MySQL 4.1, MySQL 5.0 and MySQL 5.1 features. Connector/NET 5.0 also includes full support for the ADO.Net 2.0 interfaces and subclasses, includes support for the usage advisor and performance monitor (PerfMon) hooks.

  • Connector/NET 5.1 includes support for MySQL 4.0, MySQL 4.1, MySQL 5.0, MySQL 5.1 and MySQL 5.4 features. Connector/NET 5.1 also includes support for a new membership/role provider, Compact Framework 2.0, a new stored procedure parser and improvements to GetSchema. Connector/NET 5.1 also includes the Visual Studio Plugin as a standard installable component.

  • Connector/NET 5.2 includes support for MySQL 4.1, MySQL 5.0, MySQL 5.1 and MySQL 5.4 features. Connector/NET 5.2 also includes support for a new membership/role provider, Compact Framework 2.0, a new stored procedure parser and improvements to GetSchema. Connector/NET 5.2 also includes the Visual Studio Plugin as a standard installable component.

  • Connector/NET 6.0 includes support for MySQL 4.1, MySQL 5.0, MySQL 5.1 and MySQL 5.4.

  • Connector/NET 6.1 includes support for MySQL 4.1, MySQL 5.0, MySQL 5.1, MySQL 5.4. Important new features include the MySQL Website Configuration Tool and a Session State Provider.

  • Connector/NET 6.2 includes support for MySQL 4.1, MySQL 5.0, MySQL 5.1, MySQL 5.4. Important new features include a new logging system and client SSL certificates. Connector/NET 6.2 is currently available as a Beta release.

  • Connector/NET 6.3 includes support for MySQL 5.0, MySQL 5.1, MySQL 5.4. Connector/NET 6.3 is not yet available.

The latest source code for Connector/NET can be downloaded from the MySQL public Subversion server. For further details see

Installing Connector/NET from the source code.

The following table shows the .NET Framework version required, and MySQL Server version supported by Connector/NET:

Connector/NET version

ADO.NET version supported

.NET Framework version required

MySQL Server version supported

1.0

1.x

1.x

4.0, 4.1, 5.0

5.0

2.x+

2.x+

4.0, 4.1, 5.0

5.1

2.x+

2.x+

4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4

5.2

2.x+

2.x+

4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4

6.0

2.x+

2.x+

4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4

6.1

2.x+

2.x+

4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4

6.2

2.x+

2.x+

4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4

6.3

2.x+

2.x+

5.0, 5.1, 5.4

Note:

Version numbers for MySQL products are formatted as X.Y.Z, where Z=0 indicates alpha, Z=1 indicates beta, and Z>=2 indicates GA. However, Windows tools (Control Panel, properties display) may show the version numbers as XX.YY.ZZ. For example, the official MySQL formatted version number 5.0.9 may be displayed by Windows tools as 5.00.09. The two versions are the same; only the number display format is different.