A special extended edition of Tech Messages for 2010-02-20 through 2010-02-24:
MySQL Connector/Net 6.3.0, a new version of the all-managed .NET
driver
for MySQL has been released. This is an alpha 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.)
New features or changes:
What we know may be broken
This Thursday (1/21) we will be hosting a webinar where we go over the new features in Connector/Net 6.2. You can get more information and register for the webinar here.
This Thursday (1/21) we will be hosting a webinar where we go over the new features in Connector/Net 6.2. You can get more information and register for the webinar here.
One of the best kept secrets in the MySQL world are the terrific (and free) webinars that are available. In fact we have just such a webinar coming up this Thursday. This one is covers using MySQL embedded with Windows and is presented by Mike Frank. You can find out more and register here.
It’s free and I know you can spare an hour so what are you waiting for?
One of the best kept secrets in the MySQL world are the terrific (and free) webinars that are available. In fact we have just such a webinar coming up this Thursday. This one is covers using MySQL embedded with Windows and is presented by Mike Frank. You can find out more and register here.
It’s free and I know you can spare an hour so what are you waiting for?
In our last installment we found our hero investigating the tracing changes found in Connector/Net 6.2. This time we’ll take a closer look at the format of the trace data and how developers can use that information to write new and interesting trace listeners.
Understanding the plumbing
The first thing we need to understand is a little about how the trace messages are routed. The main method we are interested in is TraceSource.TraceEvent. Here is the signature.
public void TraceEvent(
TraceEventType eventType,
int id,
string format,
params Object[] args
)
All the other TraceSource methods like TraceInformation eventually boil down to a call to …
[Read more]For years, Connector/Net has been a key part of any MySQL & .NET developer’s toolbox. Tracing is also a key part of a developer’s life and Connector/Net has always output trace messages.
This first post is a review of .NET tracing systems and how we changed our trace output. The second post will cover how developers can use the new tracing format to develop new applications.
Tracing in .NET 1.x
.NET shipped with a very simple tracing system. You have a static class named Trace that has static methods such as Write and WriteLine. An application can use code like the following to output a message to the trace log.
Now that we have output our message, how do we direct it somewhere? You do that with listeners. There are a few standard listeners included in the framework (ConsoleTraceListener, XmlTraceListener, EventLogTraceListener) but you are …
[Read more]In our last installment we found our hero investigating the tracing changes found in Connector/Net 6.2. This time we’ll take a closer look at the format of the trace data and how developers can use that information to write new and interesting trace listeners.
Understanding the plumbing
The first thing we need to understand is a little about how the trace messages are routed. The main method we are interested in is TraceSource.TraceEvent. Here is the signature.
public void TraceEvent(
TraceEventType eventType,
int id,
string format,
params Object[] args
)
All the other TraceSource methods like TraceInformation eventually boil down to a call to …
[Read more]For years, Connector/Net has been a key part of any MySQL & .NET developer’s toolbox. Tracing is also a key part of a developer’s life and Connector/Net has always output trace messages.
This first post is a review of .NET tracing systems and how we changed our trace output. The second post will cover how developers can use the new tracing format to develop new applications.
Tracing in .NET 1.x
.NET shipped with a very simple tracing system. You have a static class named Trace that has static methods such as Write and WriteLine. An application can use code like the following to output a message to the trace log.
Now that we have output our message, how do we direct it somewhere? You do that with listeners. There are a few standard listeners included in the framework (ConsoleTraceListener, XmlTraceListener, EventLogTraceListener) but you are …
[Read more]