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.

Int64 Support in MySqlCommand Parameters. (Bug#6863)

Connections now do not have to give a database on the connection string.

MySqlDataReader.GetChar(int i) throws IndexOutOfRange exception. (Bug#6770)

Fixed problem where multiple resultsets having different numbers of columns would cause a problem.

Exception stack trace lost when re-throwing exceptions. (Bug#6983)

Fixed major problem with detecting null values when using prepared statements.

Errors in parsing stored procedure parameters. (Bug#6902)

Integer "out" parameter from stored procedure returned as string. (Bug#6668)

MySqlDateTime in Datatables sorting by Text, not Date. (Bug#7032)

Invalid query string when using inout parameters (Bug#7133)

Test suite fails with MySQL 4.0 because of case sensitivity of table names. (Bug#6831)

Inserting DateTime causes System.InvalidCastException to be thrown. (Bug#7132)

InvalidCast when using DATE_ADD-function. (Bug#6879)

An Open Connection has been Closed by the Host System. (Bug#6634)

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.