We’re proud to announce the next release of MySQL Connector/Net version 6.3.4.  This release is GA (Generally Available).

We hope you will make MySQL Connector/Net your preferred set of .NET components including our ADO.Net library and other Microsoft .NET frameworks components such as our Visual Studio plugin and Entity Framework for MySQL.

We are dedicated to providing the best tools for your MySQL database .NET applications.

Special thanks go to all the great MySQL beta testers that provided valuable ideas, insights, and bug reports to the Connector/Net team.  Your beta feedback truly helped us improve the product.

Version 6.3.4 provides the following new features:
- The ability to dynamically enable/disable query analysis at runtime.
- Visual Studio 2010 compatibility
- Improved compatibility with Visual Studio wizards using our new SQL Server mode
- Support for …

We’re happy to announce the latest maintenance release of MySQL Connector/Net 6.2.4.

Version 6.2.4 maintenance release includes:

• Enhancement that allows a procedure to be recreated with a different number of parameters
• Fixes for 29 bugs

For details see http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-net-news-6-2-4.html

MySQL Connector 6.2.4 :

1. Provides secure, high-performance data connectivity with MySQL.
2. Implements ADO.NET interfaces that integrate into ADO.NET aware tools.
3. Is a fully managed ADO.NET driver written in 100% pure C#.
4. Provide Visual Studio Integration

If you are a current user, we look forward to your feedback on all the new capabilities we are delivering.

As always, you will find binaries and source on our download pages.

Please get your copy from  …

MySQL Connector/Net 6.1.5, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released. This is a maintenance release of the 6.1 branch and is suitable for use with MySQL server versions 5.0 and higher. It is now available in source and binary form from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.1.html] and mirror sites (note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point of time – if you can’t find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.)

This is maintenance release.  Please review the change log (included with product or at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-net-news-6-1-5.html) for details.

Thank you for working with MySQL!

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MySQL Connector/Net 6.0.7, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released. This is a maintenance release of the 6.0 branch and is suitable for use with MySQL server versions 5.0 and higher. It is now available in source and binary form from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.0.html] and mirror sites (note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point of time – if you can’t find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.)

This is maintenance release.  Please review the change log (included with product or at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-net-news-6-0-7.html) for details.

Thank you for working with MySQL!

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MySQL Connector/Net 6.3.3, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released. This is a beta release and is intended to introduce you to the new features and enhancements we are planning. This release should not be used in a production environment.  It is now available in source and binary form from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.3.html] and mirror sites (note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point of time – if you can’t find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.)

The new features or changes in this release are:

• Visual Studio 2010 RTM support
• New sql editor.  Create a new file with a .mysql extension to see it in action
• Please check the changelog and release notes for more …

I managed to get an "early upgrade" of my iPhone 3GS to the iPhone 4 despite AT&T's best efforts.  I've had a couple of days using the new iOS 4 operating system on my 3GS and a couple of hours with the iPhone 4.  So here are a few highlights of the initial hands-on experience with more updates on the weekend.

Updated with additional information, video & photos.

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Upgrade Process

Other than AT&T's longstanding inability to deal with demand, the upgrade process is pretty simple.   I chased the UPS driver home to get my iPhone today and just plugged into the USB cable to restore my last iPhone 3GS backup.  That took about 20 minutes. …

I love Wordpress.  Really there isn’t a better blogging platform on this platform.  It’s that good.  And I’ve been using it to self-host my blog for the past year or so.  For awhile, I hosted it using II6 on WHS v1.  That was a real pain as it took several days to find a URL rewriting solution that worked with IIS6.  The past few months I’ve been hosting it on my Windows 7-based media center.  Since that runs IIS7, URL rewriting was easier using the standard URL rewrite module.

A few days ago I decided to test out WHS “Vail”.  After installing it, I wanted to move my blog onto it so I downloaded the Microsoft Web Platform Installer.  It promptly let me know that it couldn’t find any products in my selected language.  Huh?  This is what drives people crazy about Windows software.  Crap just doesn’t make sense sometimes.

I googled and found several links …

Sorry for this not getting out sooner.  Connector/Net 6.3.2 was released several days ago but somehow the release announcement was never made. MySQL Connector/Net 6.3.2, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released. This is a beta release and is intended to introduce you to the new features and enhancements we are planning. This release should not be used in a production environment.  It is now available in source and binary form from [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.3.html] and mirror sites (note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point of time - if you can’t find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.) The new features or changes in this release are:

• Visual Studio 2010 RTM support
• New sql editor.  Create a new file with a .mysql extension to see it in action

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MySQL Connector/Net 6.1.4, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released. This is our latest GA release and is suitable for use in all scenarios against servers ranging from version 4.1 to 5.5!

It is now available in source and binary form from [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.1.html] and mirror sites (note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point of time – if you can’t find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.)

This is a maintenance release and includes many bug fixes.  Please review the change log for details.

Thank you for using our product!

MySQL Connector/Net 6.0.6, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released. This is a maintenance release and is approved for use in all situations.

It is now available in source and binary form from [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.0.html] and mirror sites (note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point of time - if you can’t find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.)

There are lots of bug fixes in this release so please review the changelog.

Thank you!