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 table-splitting
capabilities, Entity Framework Core 2.0 is fully
supported.

Bugs Fixed

* EF Core: An invalid syntax error was generated when a new
property (defined as numeric, has a default value, and is
not a primary key) was added to an entity that already
contained a primary-key column with the AUTO_INCREMENT
attribute. This fix validates that the entity property
(column) is a primary key first before adding the
attribute. (Bug #28293927)

* EF Core: The implementation of some methods required to
scaffold an existing database were incomplete. (Bug
#27898343, Bug #90368)

* The Entity Framework Core implementation did not render
accented characters correctly on bases with different
UTF-8 encoding. Thanks to Kleber kleberksms for the
patch. (Bug #27818822, Bug #90316)

* The Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore assembly (with EF Core
2.0) was not loaded and the absence generated an error
when the application project was built with any version
of .NET Framework. This fix ensures the following
support:

+ EF Core 1.1 with .NET Framework 4.5.2 only

+ EF Core 2.0 with .NET Framework 4.6.1 or later
(Bug #27815706, Bug #90306)

* Attempts to create a new foreign key from within an
application resulted in an exception when the key was
generated by a server in the MySQL 8.0 release series.
(Bug #27715069)

* A variable of type POINT when used properly within an
application targeting MySQL 8.0 generated an SQL syntax
error. (Bug #27715007)

* The case-sensitive lookup of field ordinals was
initialized using case-insensitive comparison logic. This
fix removes the original case-sensitive lookup. (Bug
#27285641, Bug #88950)

* The TreatTinyAsBoolean connection option was ignored when
the MySqlCommand.Prepare() method was called. (Bug
#27113566, Bug #88472)

* The MySql.Data.Types.MySqlGeometry constructor called
with an array of bytes representing an empty geometry
collection generated an ArgumentOutOfRangeException
exception, rather than creating the type as expected.
Thanks to Peet Whittaker for the patch. (Bug #26421346,
Bug #86974)

* Slow connections made to MySQL were improved by reducing
the frequency and scope of operating system details
required by the server to establish and maintain a
connection. (Bug #22580399, Bug #80030)

* All columns of type TINYINT(1) stopped returning the
expected Boolean value after the connector encountered a
NULL value in any column of this type. Thanks to David
Warner for the patch. (Bug #22101727, Bug #78917)

Nuget packages are available at:

https://www.nuget.org/packages/MySql.Data/6.10.8
https://www.nuget.org/packages/MySql.Web/6.10.8
https://www.nuget.org/packages/MySql.Data.Entity/6.10.8
https://www.nuget.org/packages/MySql.Data.EntityFrameworkCore/6.10.8
https://www.nuget.org/packages/MySql.Data.EntityFrameworkCore.Design/6.10.8

Enjoy and thanks for the support!

On Behalf of the MySQL/Oracle Release Engineering Team,
Hery Ramilison