I'm currently working on a preview package that might be 6.0 that will
have EF support
Lynn Eriksen wrote:
> How about entity framework beta 3?
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> Thanks,
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> Mr. Lynn Eriksen
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jorge Bastos [mailto:mysql.jorge@stripped]
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 11:20 AM
> To: 'Reggie Burnett'
> Cc: dotnet@stripped
> Subject: RE: MySQL Connector/Net 5.2.0 Alpha has been released
>
> Hi Reggie,
> Can this version work with .net 1.1?
>
> Jorge
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reggie Burnett [mailto:reggie@stripped]
> Sent: segunda-feira, 11 de Fevereiro de 2008 17:18
> To: dotnet@stripped; announce@stripped
> Subject: MySQL Connector/Net 5.2.0 Alpha has been released
>
> Hi,
>
> MySQL Connector/Net 5.2.0 a new version of the all-managed .NET driver
> for MySQL has been released. This release is an alpha and may contain
> bugs with some of them possibly being severe. You are strongly urged to
> not use this release in production environments. This release is
> intended only for testing and feedback purposes.
>
> **IMPORTANT**
> There are many changes in this release including an extensive change
> related to using @ as a parameter marker instead of ?. There is a more
> thorough writeup of the breaking changes in the release notes and we
> strongly encourage you to read those notes to better understand the changes.
> **IMPORTANT**
>
> Version 5.2.0 works with all versions of MySQL 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
> [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/5.2.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.)
>
> == Features or behavior changes ==
> - Added connection string option 'Treat Tiny As Boolean' so applications
> that expect TINYINT(1)
> to return an integer will not break (bug #34052). This setting is
> true by default. If your application
> expects TINYINT(1) columns to be returned as integer, you need to set
> this setting to false.
> - Added the ability to clear a single or all connection pools.
> - Added Visual Studio 2008 integration.
> - Added support for batching to MySqlDataAdapter. Batching is fully
> supported
> including collapsing inserts down into the multi-value form if possible.
> - Added MySqlScript class for executing scripts against a database.
> - Marked connection string option 'Use Old Syntax' as obsolete and
> changed code to
> allow both @ and ? as parameter markers.
> - Added MySqlBulkLoader class for easily executing LOAD DATA commands
> - Added support for treating BINARY(16) columns as GUID values
> - Perfmon counters are now created using Wix code instead of a managed
> custom action.
> This seems to help the problem where some installation were failing
> becausing of
> being unable to register the counters.
> - Added Allow User Variables connection string option so that users can
> use user
> variables without getting missing parameter exceptions. This feature
> is related
> to our move back to using @ as parameter marker. (see release notes)
> - Added a new profile provider to our web providers collection
> - Completely revamped provider schema allowing for tighter integration
> between
> the providers
>
> == Bugs fixed ==
> - Fixed problem with membership provider where FindUserByEmail would
> fail trying to add
> a second parameter with the same name as the first (bug #33347)
> - Fixed long standing problem with compression over a network. It's now
> fast again. (bug #27865)
> - Fixed nant compilation problem on mono (bug #33508)
> - Fixed problem where connection state reported through the state change
> handler was not
> showing Open (bug #34082)
> - Incorporated some connection string cache optimizations sent to us by
> Maxim Mass (bug #34000)
> - Fixed problem with opening a connection that was previously closed by
> sudden server disconnection (bug #33909)
> - Fixed code to yield better exception when using different connection
> strings in a single transaction (bug #34204)
> - Small bug fix and speed enhancement in Statement.TokenizeSql (bug #34220)
>
> Enjoy and thanks for the support!
> Reggie
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