MySQL Connector/ODBC Developer Guide
Packaging: On Windows, the MSI package definition files were updated to work with the Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset version 4. Note that they can no longer be used with previous version 3 of the toolset. (WL #15810)
Improved OpenTelemetry support. This includes adding spans for preparing and executing prepared statements, and adding connection span attributes such as db.user. (WL #15807)
Connector/ODBC now supports an authentication method that enables users to authenticate to MySQL Server using WebAuthn-aware devices for classic MySQL protocol connections. WebAuthn authentication is based on the FIDO and FIDO2 standards. For additional information, see Connector/ODBC WebAuthn and FIDO Information (WL #15240)
Setting SQL mode to
ANSI_QUOTESon the MySQL server caused the SQLColumns() method to not function. (Bug #35660375)Using the SJIS character set with the ANSI Driver could cause the connection to hang. (Bug #35520983)
The SQLStatistics() function returned the wrong type for a PRIMARY KEY index. It now returns SQL_INDEX_OTHER instead of 0. (Bug #35504650)
Selecting the Character Set dropdown under Details while creating a new Data Source Configuration in the GUI would unexpectedly halt the application if the credential fields were empty or invalid. (Bug #110900, Bug #35356536)