Enum values now supported as parameter values (thanks Philipp Sumi).

Year datatype now supported.

Fixed compression.

Fixed bug where a parameter with a TimeSpan as the value would not serialize properly.

Fixed bug where default constructor would not set default connection string values.

Added some XML comments to some members.

Work to fix/improve compression handling.

Improved ConnectionString handling so that it better matches the standard set by SqlClient.

A MySqlException is now thrown if a username is not included in the connection string.

Localhost is now used as the default if not specified on the connection string.

An exception is now thrown if an attempt is made to set the connection string while the connection is open.

Small changes to ConnectionString docs.

Removed MultiHostStream and MySqlStream. Replaced it with Common/StreamCreator.

Added support for Use Pipe connection string value.

Added Platform class for easier access to platform utility functions.

Fixed small pooling bug where new connection was not getting created after IsAlive fails.

Added Platform.cs and StreamCreator.cs.

Fixed Field.cs to properly handle 4.1 style timestamps.

Changed Common.Version to Common.DBVersion to avoid name conflict.

Fixed field.cs so that text columns return the right field type.

Added MySqlError class to provide some reference for error codes (thanks Geert Veenstra).