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Hi,
MySQL Connector/Net 5.2.2, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released.  This release is a beta and may contain bugs with some of them possibly being severe.  You are strongly urged to not use this release in production environments.  This release is intended only for testing and feedback purposes.

Version 5.2.2 works with all versions of MySQL including MySQL-4.1,  MySQL-5.0, MySQL-5.1 beta or the MySQL-6.0 Falcon "Preview".

It is now available in source and binary form from [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/5.2.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.)

Features or behavior changes

• Added support for using the new PARAMETERS I_S view when running against a 6.0 server
• Implemented interactive session connection string option 
• The procedure parameters schema collection has been altered to match what is coming with MySQL 6.0.  Some fields have been removed and others combined.  Please review your application for incompatibilities.

Bugs fixed

• Fixed profile provider that would throw an exception if you were updating a profile that already existed.
• Fixed problem where new parameter code prevented stored procedures from being altered in Visual Studio (bug #34940)
• Fixed problem where the TableAdapter wizard was no longer able to generate commands using stored procedures because of our change to using @ instead of ? (bug #34941)
• Fixed problem in datagrid code related to creating a new table.  This problem may have been introduced with .NET 2.0 SP1.  
• Fixed guid type so that a null value is still returned as guid type (bug #35041)
• Fixed bug with the membership provider where the min non alpha numeric option was not working correctly.   
• Fixed bug where calling GetPassword on a membership user when the password answer is null would cause an exception (bug #35332)
• Fixed bug where retrieving passwords that are encrypted was not returning proper passwords (bug #35336)   
• Fixed problem with profile provider where properties that were specified without a given type could not be retrieved properly (bug #36000) 
• Removed some unnecessary locking from the pool manager and also reworked the pooling code to not use a semaphore (bug #34001)

Enjoy and thanks for the support!

So finally Windows has SATA drivers baked in.  I’ve been told that not all chipsets are supported but many are.  Mine is a VIA 8237 and RC1 installs just fine without loading any OEM drivers at install time.

The problem is that the drivers for my system were causing terrible stuttering and skipping the audio.  It as also causing the mouse to skip sporadically.  A little research shows that lots of folks have been having this issue so I think it reaches beyond VIA 8237 systems. 

A quick update of the SATA drivers to the XP64 drivers from my board’s manufacturer’s website and all was smooth again.

I have this Hauppauge PVR 500 dual-tuner TV card that is apparently completely incompatible with my VIA-based Athlon XP 1700+ system.  So I decided to slap it into my dual opteron box running Vista 5536.  As I was rebooting after installing the card, I was wondering if the official Hauppauge drivers would install properly.  No worries!  Vista notified me that it had drivers for them and they installed perfectly.  Cool.

A few minutes later and I had media center up and running and connected to my XBox 360.  The interface seems snappier on the 360 as well.  Now, all is not sweet in the land of milk and honey.  Tuning TV worked but everytime it tried to record it would just repeat the first few seconds over and over.  Oh well, guess I’ll try RC1.