Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/NET 8.0.16 is the fourth version to support
Entity Framework Core 2.1 and the sixth general availability release
of MySQL Connector/NET to add support for the new X DevAPI, which
enables application developers to write code that combines the
strengths of the relational and document models using a modern,
NoSQL-like syntax that does not assume previous experience writing traditional SQL.

To learn more about how to write applications using the X DevAPI, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/x-devapi-userguide/en/index.html. For more
information about how the X DevAPI is implemented in Connector/NET, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/connector-net. NuGet packages provide functionality at a …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/NET 8.0.15 is the third version to support
Entity Framework Core 2.1 and the fifth general availability release
of MySQL Connector/NET to add support for the new X DevAPI, which
enables application developers to write code that combines the
strengths of the relational and document models using a modern,
NoSQL-like syntax that does not assume previous experience writing traditional SQL.

To learn more about how to write applications using the X DevAPI, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/x-devapi-userguide/en/index.html. For more information about how the X DevAPI is implemented in Connector/NET, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/connector-net. NuGet packages provide functionality at a project …

Dear MySQL users,
 
MySQL Connector/NET 8.0.14 is the second version to support
Entity Framework Core 2.1 and the fourth general availability release
of MySQL Connector/NET to add support for the new XDevAPI, which
enables application developers to write code that combines the
strengths of the relational and document models using a modern,
NoSQL-like syntax that does not assume previous experience writing traditional SQL.
 
To learn more about how to write applications using the XDevAPI, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/x-devapi-userguide/en/index.html. For more
information about how the XDevAPI is implemented in Connector/NET, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/connector-net. NuGet packages provide …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/NET 6.10.8 is the fifth GA release with .NET Core
now supporting various connection-string options and MySQL 8.0 server
features.

To download MySQL Connector/NET 6.10.8 GA, see the “Generally Available
(GA) Releases” tab at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/

Changes in Connector/NET 6.10.8 (2018-08-14, General Availability)

Functionality Added or Changed

* Optimistic locking for database-generated fields was
improved with the inclusion of the [ConcurrencyCheck,
DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Computed)]
attribute. Thanks to Tony Ohagan for the patch. (Bug
#28095165, Bug #91064)

* All recent additions to .NET Core 2.0 now are compatible
with the Connector/NET 6.10 implementation.

* With the inclusion of the Functions.Like extended method,
scalar-function mapping, and …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Net 8.0.10 is the first release candidate of MySQL
Connector/Net to add support for the new X DevAPI. The X DevAPI enables
application developers to write code that combines the strengths of the
relational and document models using a modern, NoSQL-like syntax that
does not assume previous experience writing traditional SQL.

To learn more about how to write applications using the X DevAPI, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/x-devapi-userguide/en/index.html. For more
information about how the X DevAPI is implemented in Connector/Net, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/connector-net.

Please note that the X DevAPI requires at least MySQL Server version
5.7.12 or higher with the X …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Net 6.9.10 is a maintenance release for the 6.9.x
series of the .NET driver for MySQL. It can be used for production
environments.

It is appropriate for use with MySQL server versions 5.5-5.7.

It is now available in source and binary form from
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/#downloadsandmirrorsites
(note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point-if you
can’t find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose
another download site.)

Changes in MySQL Connector/Net 6.9.10 (2017-10-23, General Availability)

   Bugs Fixed

     * Executing MySql.Web.Security.CreateUserAndAccount with
       valid arguments returned an out-of-range exception.
       Thanks to Stein Setvik for contributing to the …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Net 8.0.9 is the sixth development release that expands
cross-platform support to Linux and macOS when using Microsoft’s .NET Core
framework. Now, .NET developers can use the X DevAPI with .NET Core and
Entity Framework Core (EF Core) 1.0 to create server applications that run
on Windows, Linux and macOS. We are very excited about this change and
really look forward to your feedback on it!

MySQL Connector/Net 8.0.9 is also the eighth development release of MySQL
Connector/Net to add support for the new X DevAPI.  The X DevAPI enables
application developers to write code that combines the strengths of the
relational and document models using a modern, NoSQL-like syntax that
does not assume previous experience writing traditional SQL.

To learn more about how to write applications using the X DevAPI, see
…

MySQL Connector/Net 8.0.8 is the fifth development release that expands cross-platform
support to Linux and macOS when using Microsoft’s .NET Core framework. Now, .NET
developers can use the X DevAPI with .NET Core and Entity Framework Core (EF Core)
1.0 to create server applications that run on Windows, Linux and macOS. We are very
excited about this change and really look forward to your feedback on it!

MySQL Connector/Net 8.0.8 is also the seventh development release of MySQL
Connector/Net to add support for the new X DevAPI. The X DevAPI enables application
developers to write code that combines the strengths of the relational and document
models using a modern, NoSQL-like syntax that does not assume previous experience
writing traditional SQL.

To learn more about how to write applications using the X DevAPI, see
…

This tutorial shows how to read information from MySQL Sakila database in an ASP.NET Core application using Connector/NET Core to explore the possibility to run this application on any .NET Core supported environment as Windows, Linux, and Mac.

Pre-requisites:

• MySQL Server 5.7
• .NET Core 1.1 environment installed
  https://www.microsoft.com/net/core
• Visual Studio 2015 or Visual Studio Code
• Sakila sample database
  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/sakila/en/sakila-installation.html

Windows and Visual Studio 2015

The first step is to create an ASP.NET Core Web Application (.NET Core) type project and name it MvcSakilaCore

Note: the …

Dear MySQL users,

We are proud to announce that we have made the open source version of our Connector/NET 6.8.3 is available as official MySQL Nuget packages.

Currently we have 3 nuget packages which contain:

• MySQL Connector/NET Core
• MySQL Connector/NET for Entity Framework 6
• MySQL Connector/NET Web providers