Thursday, September 9, 2010

MySQL Connector/Net 6.3.4 GA has been released

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 Model-First development using Entity Framework
- Nested transaction scopes
- Other improvements and bug fixes!
For details see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-net-news-6-3-4.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-net-news-6-3-3.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-net-news-6-3-2.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-net-news-6-3-1.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-net-news-6-3-0.html

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 http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.3.html

To get started quickly, please take a look at our short tutorials.

MySQL Connector/NET Tutorials
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-net-tutorials.html

Blog postings and general information can be found on our Developer Zone site.

MySQL Developer Zone
http://dev.mysql.com/usingmysql/dotnet/

.NET Forum
http://forums.mysql.com/list.php?38

Blog
http://planet.mysql.com

Connector/NET Documentation and details on changes between releases can be found on these pages
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/changes-6.3.x.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-net.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-net-news-6-3-4.htm

If you need any additional info or help please get in touch with us.  Post in our forums or leave comments on our blog pages.