Greatly reduce memory required for setBinaryStream() in PreparedStatements.

Retrieve TX_ISOLATION from database for Connection.getTransactionIsolation() when the MySQL version supports it, instead of an instance variable.

Quote table names in DatabaseMetaData.getColumns(), getPrimaryKeys(), getIndexInfo(), getBestRowIdentifier().

Fixed Buffer.fastSkipLenString() causing ArrayIndexOutOfBounds exceptions with some queries when unpacking fields.

Added update options for foreign key metadata.

Implemented an empty TypeMap for Connection.getTypeMap() so that some third-party apps work with MySQL (IBM WebSphere 5.0 Connection pool).

Added missing LONGTEXT type to DBMD.getColumns().

Fixed ResultSet.isBeforeFirst() for empty result sets.