MySQL Connector/Net 6.6.4, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released.  This is the Release Candidate intended to introduce users to the new features in the release.

MySQL Connector/Net 6.6.3, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released.  This is the second of two beta releases intended to introduce users to the new features in the release.

I don't what makes this so hard for MySQL Developers at Oracle. Look, I know you guys are trying hard, that's not it, and I also know that chasing SQL Server is a priority, and that is fine. But for that to work, the MySQL MSI Installer has to get better! It just has to. Like some basic issues like these:

• You can not use the MSI installer to install two MySQL servers on the same box. If the installer seems an old installation, it insists on upgrading it if you are installing a newer version, and if you are installing an older version, well, that will be refused.
• You cannot, using the MSI installer, install both 32 and 64-bit versions on the same box. If you try that, even if the versions are the same, the second install insists that what you have already installed is newer than the one you are installing, although the have the same version number, but one is 32 bit and one is 64 bit.
• In the …

The 6.6 has reached Beta level major features are Stored routine debugger, Entity Framework 4.3 Migrations support, Authentication Plugin & Visual Studio 2012 support.

We recently released a new migration tool for Microsoft SQL Server to MySQL, along with additional tools and features improving the MySQL user experience on Windows.

In the latest episode of our "Meet The MySQL Experts" podcast, Alfredo Kojima, Senior Software Development Manager, talks to us about the new migration tool.

Enjoy the podcast!

To learn more about SQL Server to MySQL migrations, MySQL on Windows and numerous other MySQL topics, register for MySQL Connect if you haven’t done so …

 MySQL Connector/Net 6.6.1, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released.  This is the second of two alpha releases intended to introduce users to the new features in the release.  This release is not feature complete and there are limitations but it should be stable enough for users to understand the new features and how we expect them to work.  As is the case with all non-GA releases, it should not be used in any production environment.  It is appropriate for use with MySQL server versions 5.0-5.6

It is now available in source and binary form from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/#downloads and mirror sites (note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point-if you can't find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.)
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MySQL Workbench 5.2.41 introduces a new Migration Wizard module. This module allows you to easily and quickly migrate databases from various RDBMS products to MySQL. In this initial version, migrations from Microsoft SQL Server are supported, but it should also be possible to migrate from most ODBC capable RDBMS as well, using its generic RDBMS support. Additionally, you can use it to perform MySQL to MySQL database copies, which can be used for tasks such as copying a database across servers or migrating data across different versions of MySQL.

So let’s get our hands dirty and run through the Migration Wizard in order to migrate a Microsoft SQL Server database to MySQL. In the rest of this post I assume that you have:

• A running SQL Server instance in which you have proper access to the database you want to migrate. (I’ll call this database from now on the source database). I have a remote SQL Server 2000 instance …

MySQL Connector/Net 6.6.0, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released.  This is the first of two alpha releases intended to introduce users to the new features in the release.  This release is not feature complete and there are significant limitations but it should be stable enough for users to understand the new features and how we expect them to work.  As is the case with all non-GA releases, it should not be used in any production environment.  It is appropriate for use with MySQL server versions 5.0-5.6

It is now available in source and binary form from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/#downloads and mirror sites (note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point-if you can't find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download …

I learned how to use a computer on DOS and Windows. My first programming projects were written in QBASIC and my first Web applications were written in VB using ASP on Windows 2000. The first job where I made decent money was developing a SQL Server-based application. I bought my first car, an engagement ring, and a honeymoon with money from making software on Windows. Needless to say, I found a lot of intellectual and financial fulfillment from Windows over the years.

That first real job also allowed me flexibility in what technology I could employ, and I helped implement a features using Redis on top of Ubuntu. This was a fun time, because my company basically paid me to study a new technology and to gain experience using it. On my own, I began to use Linux and to embrace open-source ideas, one of which is that the consumer is also the producer. I changed my mindset about what it means to use software: for open-source projects, it often …

My colleague who is a Windows guru taught me how to do very basic things with the Windows profiler. While this stuff is primitive, the sad truth is that many people don’t know even this little about Windows, me including. I’ll keep the hints here, and hopefully will learn more with time.

• Use RelWithDebInfo builds, Debug build will screw the picture, it will tell you _db_enter is the most expensive function;

• Start mysqld;

• Use x64 VS command prompt:

Start => All Programs => MS Visual Studio 2010 => Visual Studio Tools => Visual Studio x64 Win64 command prompt

• Set _NT_SYMBOL_PATH to the package bin directory, so mysqld.pdb can be found, and start the IDE:

set _NT_SYMBOL_PATH=... && devenv.exe

• In the VS command prompt, run

vsperfcmd /start:sample …