Re: MySQL Connector/Net 5.2.0 Alpha has been released

[Reggie Burnett]

Of course!

Jorge Bastos wrote:
> Ok Reggie,
> Do you have any ideia when it'll be available?
> Will you announce it then it's out?
>
> Jorge
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reggie Burnett [mailto:reggie@stripped] 
> Sent: segunda-feira, 11 de Fevereiro de 2008 17:36
> To: Lynn Eriksen
> Cc: Jorge Bastos; dotnet@stripped
> Subject: Re: MySQL Connector/Net 5.2.0 Alpha has been released
>
> 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?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>  
>> Mr. Lynn Eriksen
>>  
>> 713.960.8222 X105
>>
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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.
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>> **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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