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MySQL Connector/J 3.1.0 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-dev.html (http://www.mysql.com/downloads/api-jdbc-dev.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 an ALPHA release for the feature set that is in line with the features MySQL-4.1 is offering, including Unicode character sets and server-side prepared statements.
From the changelog:
* Added 'requireSSL' property.
* Added 'useServerPrepStmts' property (default 'false'). The driver will use server-side prepared statements when the server version supports them (4.1 and newer) when this property is set to 'true'. It is currently set to 'false' by default until all bind/fetch functionality has been implemented. Currently only DML prepared statements are implemented for 4.1 server-side prepared statements.
* Track open Statements, close all when Connection.close() is called (JDBC compliance).