MySQL Connector/Net 5.0.8 a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released.  This is a bug fix release for the current production branch of Connector/Net.  Version 5.0.8 is suitable for use with any MySQL version 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 the Connector/Net download pages at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/5.0.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.)

We moved to a new installer technology for this release.  Please let us know what, if any, problems you have with it.

The full release announcement with change log can be seen in our .NET forum here.