MySQL Connector/J 3.0.6 has been released

MySQL Connector/J 3.0.6 a new version of the Type-IV all-Java JDBC
driver for MySQL has been released.

It is now available in source and binary form from the Connector/J download pages at http://www.mysql.com/downloads/api-jdbc-stable.html (http://www.mysql.com/downloads/api-jdbc-stable.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.

This is the first STABLE release for the feature set that has been frozen for version 3.0 of Connector/J. Version 3.0.6 has reached a level of stability that is appropriate for production use.

From the changelog:

* Fixed ResultSetMetaData to return "" when catalog not known. Fixes NullPointerExceptions with Sun's CachedRowSet.
* Fixed DBMD.getTypeInfo() and DBMD.getColumns() returning different value for precision in TEXT/BLOB types.
* Allow ignoring of warning for 'non transactional tables' during rollback (compliance/usability) by setting 'ignoreNonTxTables' property to 'true'.
* Fixed SQLExceptions getting swallowed on initial connect.
* Fixed Statement.setMaxRows() to stop sending 'LIMIT' type queries when not needed (performance).
* Clean up Statement query/method mismatch tests (i.e. INSERT not allowed with .executeQuery()).
* More checks added in ResultSet traversal method to catch when in closed state.
* Fixed ResultSetMetaData.isWritable() to return correct value.
* Add 'window' of different NULL sorting behavior to DBMD.nullsAreSortedAtStart (4.0.2 to 4.0.10, true, otherwise, no).
* Implemented Blob.setBytes(). You still need to pass the resultant Blob back into an updatable ResultSet or PreparedStatement to persist the changes, as MySQL does not support 'locators'.
* Backported 4.1 charset field info changes from Connector/J 3.1