Versions

There are several versions of Connector/Net available:

• Connector/Net 6.5 includes support for MySQL Server 5.6, 5.5, 5.1, and 5.0. Important new features include interceptor classes for exceptions and commands, support for the MySQL 5.6 fractional seconds feature, better partial-trust support, and better IntelliSense, including auto-completion when editing stored procedures or .mysql files.

• Connector/Net 6.4 includes support for MySQL Server 5.5, 5.1, and 5.0. Important new features include support for Windows authentication (when connecting to MySQL Server 5.5+), table caching on the client side, simple connection fail-over support, and improved SQL generation from the Entity Framework provider.

• Connector/Net 6.3 includes support for MySQL Server 5.5, 5.1, and 5.0. Important new features include integration with Visual Studio 2010, such as availability of DDL T4 template for Entity Framework, and a custom MySQL SQL Editor. Other features include refactored transaction scope: Connector/Net now supports nested transactions in a scope where they use the same connection string.

• Connector/Net 6.2 includes support for MySQL Server 5.5, 5.1, 5.0, and 4.1. Important new features include a new logging system and client SSL certificates.

• Connector/Net 6.1 includes support for MySQL Server 5.5, 5.1, 5.0, and 4.1. Important new features include the MySQL Website Configuration Tool and a Session State Provider.

• Connector/Net 6.0 includes support for MySQL Server 5.5, 5.1, 5.0, and 4.1.

• Connector/Net 5.2 includes support for MySQL Server 5.5, 5.1, 5.0, and 4.1 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 5.1 includes support for MySQL Server 5.5, 5.1, 5.0, 4.1, and 4.0 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 5.0 includes support for MySQL Server 5.1, 5.0, 4.1 and 4.0 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 1.0 includes support for MySQL Server 5.0, 4.1, and 4.0 features, and full compatibility with the ADO.NET driver interface.

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 tables shows the .NET Framework version required, and the MySQL Server version supported by Connector/Net:

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.