Hi,

MySQL Connector/Net 1.0.3, a new version of the fully-managed, ADO.Net provider for the popular MySQL database system has been released.

Version 1.0.3 is the second gamma release of the original ByteFX MySQL provider acquired earlier this year. This release is suitable for use with any MySQL version including MySQL-4.1 or MySQL-5.0.

It is now available in source and binary form from the Connector/Net download pages at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/1.0.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 second gamma release was made to get feedback from the community on bug fixes and changes regarding handling of zero date time values. We plan to have the known issues resolved for the GA release.

========================= Known Issues ================================== There is no need to file bug reports on these issues. They are known and are being worked on. Thanks.

1. There is a known problem where data packets larger than 16M are not handled properly when the connection is using compression. There is no need to file bug reports on this issue as the test suite already identifies this as a problem.

2. There is also a known problem with certain queries executing over a named pipe connection. ==========================================================================

-Reggie

- From the changelog:

12-10-04 - Version 1.0.3-gamma

- Made MySQL the default named pipe name - Now SHOW COLLATION is used upon connection to retrieve the full list of charset ids - Fixed Invalid character set index: 200 (Bug #6547) - Installer now includes options to install into GAC and create Start Menu items - Bug #6863 - Int64 Support in MySqlCommand Parameters [fixed] - Connections now do not have to give a database on the connection string - Bug #6770 - MySqlDataReader.GetChar(int i) throws IndexOutOfRange Exception [fixed] - Fixed problem where multiple resultsets having different numbers of columns would cause a problem - Bug #6983 Exception stack trace lost when re-throwing exceptions [fixed] - Fixed major problem with detecting null values when using prepared statements - Bug #6902 Errors in parsing stored procedure parameters [fixed] - Bug #6668 Integer "out" parameter from stored procedure returned as string [fixed] - Bug #7032 MySqlDateTime in Datatables sorting by Text, not Date. [fixed] - Bug #7133 Invalid query string when using inout parameters [fixed] - Bug #6831 Test suite fails with MySQL 4.0 because of case sensitivity of table names [fixed] - Bug #7132 Inserting DateTime causes System.InvalidCastException to be thrown [fixed] - Bug #6879 InvalidCast when using DATE_ADD-function [fixed] - Bug #6634 An Open Connection has been Closed by the Host System [fixed] - Added ServerThread property to MySqlConnection to expose server thread id - Added Ping method to MySqlConnection - Changed the name of the test suite to MySql.Data.Tests.dll