This is a new Alpha development release, fixing recently discovered bugs.
NOTE: This Alpha release, as any other pre-production release, should not be installed on production level systems or systems with critical data. It is good practice to back up your data before installing any new version of software. Although MySQL has worked very hard to ensure a high level of quality, protect your data by making a backup as you would for any software beta release. Please refer to our bug database at http://bugs.mysql.com/ for more details about the individual bugs fixed in this version.
Bugs fixed:
CommandText: Question mark in comment line is being parsed as a parameter. (Bug#6214)
Functionality added or changed:
Implemented Usage Advisor.
Added Async query methods.
Reimplemented PacketReader/PacketWriter support into
MySqlStream
class.
Added internal implemention of SHA1 so we don't have to distribute the OpenNetCF on mobile devices.
Added usage advisor warnings for requesting column values by the wrong type.
Reworked connection string classes to be simpler and faster.
Added procedure metadata caching.
Added perfmon hooks for stored procedure cache hits and misses.
Implemented MySqlConnectionBuilder
class.
Implemented MySqlClientFactory
class.
Implemented classes and interfaces for ADO.Net 2.0 support.
Replaced use of ICSharpCode with .NET 2.0 internal deflate support.
Refactored test suite to test all protocols in a single pass.
Completely refactored how column values are handled to avoid boxing in some cases.