MySQL Connector/Net 5.0.6 has been released

[Reggie Burnett]

Hi,

MySQL Connector/Net 5.0.6 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 5.0.6 is suitable for use with any MySQL version including 
MySQL-4.1, MySQL-5.0, MySQL-5.1 beta or the MySQL-5.2 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.)

This release comes shortly after 5.0.5 due to an incompatibility with 
Tools for Visual Studio.  With 5.0.5, we changed how the connector 
respects binary data as reported by the server.  This resulted in some 
queries that now return data as byte arrays that before returned data as 
string. Unfortunately this is still the case with 5.0.6.  Current 
versions of MySQL incorrectly return some metadata as binary.  Queries 
such as 'SHOW CREATE TABLE' will often return data as binary.  You can 
work around this by using a MySqlDataReader and reading the desired 
columns using .GetString().

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Functionality Changes or Enhancements
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No functionality changes to report.

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Bugs fixed:
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Bug #27135 MySqlParameterCollection and parameters added with Insert Method
Bug #27253 Installer : Company info is different
Bug #27187 cmd.Parameters.RemoveAt("Id") will cause an error if the last 
item is requested
Bug #27093 Exception when using large values in IN UInt64 parameters
Bug #27221 describe SQL command returns all byte array on MySQL versions 
older than 4.1.15
Bug #26960 Connector .NET 5.0.5 / Visual Studio Plugin 1.1.2

As always we thank you for your use of our products and keep those bug 
reports coming!

Reggie