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20.2.1. Connector/NET Versions

There are several versions of Connector/NET available:

  • Connector/NET 1.0 includes support for MySQL Server 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0 features, and full compatibility with the ADO.NET driver interface.

    This version of Connector/NET is no longer supported.

  • Connector/NET 5.0 includes support for MySQL Server 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 and 5.1 features. Connector/NET 5.0 also includes full support for the ADO.Net 2.0 interfaces and subclasses, includes support for the usage advisor and performance monitor (PerfMon) hooks.

    This version of Connector/NET is no longer supported.

  • Connector/NET 5.1 includes support for MySQL Server 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4 and 5.5 features. Connector/NET 5.1 also includes support for a new membership/role provider, Compact Framework 2.0, a new stored procedure parser and improvements to GetSchema. Connector/NET 5.1 also includes the Visual Studio Plugin as a standard installable component.

    This version of Connector/NET is no longer supported.

  • Connector/NET 5.2 includes support for MySQL Server 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4, and 5.5 features. Connector/NET 5.2 also includes support for a new membership/role provider, Compact Framework 2.0, a new stored procedure parser and improvements to GetSchema. Connector/NET 5.2 also includes the Visual Studio Plugin as a standard installable component.

  • Connector/NET 6.0 includes support for MySQL Server 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4 and 5.5.

  • Connector/NET 6.1 includes support for MySQL Server 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4, and 5.5. Important new features include the MySQL Website Configuration Tool and a Session State Provider.

  • Connector/NET 6.2 includes support for MySQL Server 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4, and 5.5. Important new features include a new logging system and client SSL certificates. Connector/NET 6.2 is currently available as a Beta release.

  • Connector/NET 6.3 includes support for MySQL Server 5.0, 5.1, 5.4, and 5.5. Connector/NET 6.3 is available as an Alpha release.

The latest source code for Connector/NET can be downloaded from the MySQL public Subversion server. For further details see Section 20.2.2.3, “Installing Connector/NET from the source code”.

The following table shows the .NET Framework version required, and MySQL Server version supported by Connector/NET:

Connector/NET version ADO.NET version supported .NET Framework version required MySQL Server version supported
1.0 1.x 1.x 4.0, 4.1, 5.0
5.0 2.x+ 2.x+ 4.0, 4.1, 5.0
5.1 2.x+ 2.x+ 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4, 5.5
5.2 2.x+ 2.x+ 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4, 5.5
6.0 2.x+ 2.x+ 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4, 5.5
6.1 2.x+ 2.x+ 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4, 5.5
6.2 2.x+ 2.x+ 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4, 5.5
6.3 2.x+ 2.x+ 5.0, 5.1, 5.4, 5.5

Note

Version numbers for MySQL products are formatted as X.Y.Z, where Z=0 indicates alpha, Z=1 indicates beta, and Z>=2 indicates GA. However, Windows tools (Control Panel, properties display) may show the version numbers as XX.YY.ZZ. For example, the official MySQL formatted version number 5.0.9 may be displayed by Windows tools as 5.00.09. The two versions are the same; only the number display format is different.