Hello MySQL Connector/NET community,

Consistent with our ongoing effort to power MySQL products with the top technologies, we are pleased to announce the latest updates regarding MySQL Connector/NET and .NET Core.

And while we move forward, we also want to shape the product to maximize supportability. To achieve these two goals, we will deprecate the support for .NET Core 1.X to align with Microsoft’s end-of-life schedule (EOL May 14, 2019). But it’s not all about bad news, we also want to talk to you about the inclusion of .NET Core 2.2 support in the Connector/NET8.0.17 release. As you might know, .NET Core 2.2 is the latest GA release of .NET Core to provide a cross-platform framework that lets you build applications for Windows, Linux and macOS.

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Dear MySQL Connector/NET users,

We are proud to announce that the open source version of Connector/NET 8.0.11 is also available as official MySQL NuGet packages. Connector/NET 8.0.11 is a GA release that can be used in production environments. Additionally, users with an older version can safely upgrade if preferred.

What this means for Connector/NET users?

Installing and upgrading packages couldn’t be easier, plus you need only to install the packages that fit your needs. Also, it’s even easier and more straight forward to develop for MySQL from Visual Studio.

NuGet is the package manager for the Microsoft development platform including .NET. The NuGet client tools provide the ability to produce and consume packages. The NuGet Gallery is the central software package repository populated by various package authors and tied …

Members of the .NET and MySQL communities and anyone interested in the subject, we are glad to announce the release of Connector/NET 8.0.11. This is the first GA release in the 8.0 series and it comes with full support for MySQL 8.0 (also now a GA) including its main feature… the MySQL Document Store!

What is new in MySQL 8.0?

X Protocol / X Plugin

The X Protocol is a new, highly extensible protocol optimized for SQL and CRUD API operations. It is based on the popular open source protocol definition language and provides a common interface for connectors to communicate with MySQL server through the …