Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/J 8.0.25 is the latest General Availability release of the
MySQL Connector/J 8.0 series.  It is suitable for use with MySQL Server
versions 8.0, 5.7, and 5.6.  It supports the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
4.2 API, and implements the X DevAPI.

This release includes the following new features and changes, also described in
more detail on

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-j/8.0/en/news-8-0-25.html

As always, we recommend that you check the “CHANGES” file in the download
archive to be aware of changes in behavior that might affect your application.

To download MySQL Connector/J 8.0.25 GA, see the “General Availability (GA)
Releases” tab at  …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/J 8.0.24 is the latest General Availability release of the
MySQL Connector/J 8.0 series.  It is suitable for use with MySQL Server
versions 8.0 and 5.7.  It supports the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
4.2 API, and implements the X DevAPI.

This release includes the following new features and changes, also described in
more detail on

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-j/8.0/en/news-8-0-24.html

As always, we recommend that you check the “CHANGES” file in the download
archive to be aware of changes in behavior that might affect your application.

To download MySQL Connector/J 8.0.24 GA, see the “General Availability (GA)
Releases” tab at …

Per Oracle’s Lifetime Support policy, as of Feb 9th, 2021, MySQL Connector/J 5.1 series is covered under Oracle Sustaining Support. Downloadable binaries can be found in the MySQL Products Archives and in the Maven Central Repository.

MySQL Connector/J 5.1.49 has been the last release of Connector/J 5.1 series.

It is time to move on. Users are encouraged to upgrade to MySQL Connector/J 8.0 series which provides the same features as Connector/J 5.1 and a lot more, including a brand new date/time handling support, introduced in version 8.0.23, and the X DevAPI that empowers the MySQL Document Store.

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Connector/J version 8.0.23 came out with several bug fixes related to date-time types support. They provide more flexibility for configuring time zone handling and allow migration from Connector/J 5.1 with much less effort.

Problems with migration from Connector/J 5.1 to Connector/J 8.0 were caused by the early decision that Connector/J 8.0 should always try to preserve an instant point on the time-line while Connector/J 5.1 does it optionally and, by default, preserves the original visual representation.

For example, the following code will store different results with Connector/J 5.1 and Connector/J 8.0 in case the client and server time zones are different:

Statement st = conn.createStatement();
st.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE t1 (ts TIMESTAMP)");

PreparedStatement ps = conn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (?)");
ps.setTimestamp(1, Timestamp.valueOf("2020-01-01 12:00:00"));
ps.executeUpdate();

If the client …

X Protocol traffic compression is available on MySQL Server since version 8.0.19. A connector that also supports compression on its end can leverage this feature and reduce the byte streams that are exchanged with the Server.

By default, connections to a MySQL server are uncompressed, thus permitting exchanging data with a client or connector that doesn’t support compression. However, given a client or connector that also supports compression, it is recommended that client and server negotiate the connection compression by default. If this negotiation concludes successfully, both ends can then compress the data they send.

Compression at this level allows reducing the amount of bytes exchanged over the network, but at the cost of additional CPU resources required to run data inflate and deflate operations. The benefits of compression, therefore, occur primarily on low network bandwidth. One can assess the gain or loss due to the …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/J 8.0.21 is the latest General Availability release of
the MySQL Connector/J 8.0 series.  It is suitable for use with MySQL
Server versions 8.0, 5.7, and 5.6.  It supports the Java Database
Connectivity (JDBC) 4.2 API, and implements the X DevAPI.

In the documentation for MySQL 8.0.21, we have started
changing the term “master” to “source”, the term “slave” to
“replica”, the term “whitelist” to “allowlist”, and the term
“blacklist” to “blocklist”. There are currently no changes to
the product’s syntax, so these terms are still present in the
documentation where the current code requires their use. See
the blog post MySQL Terminology Updates
( …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/J 8.0.20 is the latest General Availability release of
the MySQL Connector/J 8.0 series.  It is suitable for use with MySQL
Server versions 8.0, 5.7, and 5.6.  It supports the Java Database
Connectivity (JDBC) 4.2 API, and implements the X DevAPI.

This release includes the following new features and changes, also
described in more detail on

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-j/8.0/en/news-8-0-20.html

As always, we recommend that you check the “CHANGES” file in the
download archive to be aware of changes in behavior that might affect
your application.

To download MySQL Connector/J 8.0.20 GA, see the “General Availability
(GA) Releases” tab at …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/J 8.0.19 is the latest General Availability release of
the MySQL Connector/J 8.0 series.  It is suitable for use with MySQL
Server versions 8.0, 5.7, and 5.6.  It supports the Java Database
Connectivity (JDBC) 4.2 API, and implements the X DevAPI.

This release includes the following new features and changes, also
described in more detail on

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-j/8.0/en/news-8-0-19.html

As always, we recommend that you check the “CHANGES” file in the
download archive to be aware of changes in behavior that might affect
your application.

To download MySQL Connector/J 8.0.19 GA, see the “General Availability
(GA) Releases” tab at …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/J 8.0.18 is the latest General Availability release of
the MySQL Connector/J 8.0 series.  It is suitable for use with MySQL
Server versions 8.0, 5.7, and 5.6.  It supports the Java Database
Connectivity (JDBC) 4.2 API, and implements the X DevAPI.

This release includes the following new features and changes, also
described in more detail on

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-j/8.0/en/news-8.0.18.html

As always, we recommend that you check the “CHANGES” file in the
download archive to be aware of changes in behavior that might affect
your application.

To download MySQL Connector/J 8.0.18 GA, see the “General Availability
(GA) Releases” tab at …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/J Version 8.0.16 is the GA release of the 8.0
branch of MySQL Connector/J. It is suitable for use with MySQL Server
versions 8.0, 5.7 and 5.6. It supports the Java Database
Connectivity (JDBC) 4.2 API, and implements the X DevAPI.

This release includes the following new features and changes, also
described in more detail on

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-j/8.0/en/news-8-0-16.html

As always, we recommend that you check the “CHANGES” file in the
download archive to be aware of changes in behavior that might affect
your application.

To download MySQL Connector/J 8.0.16 GA, see the “Generally Available
(GA) Releases” tab at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/

Enjoy!

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