MySQL :: MySQL Connector/NET 6.7.8, 6.8.6, and 6.9.7 have been released

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Net 6.7.8, 6.8.6, and 6.9.7 are maintenance releases for the series of the .NET driver for MySQL. They can be used for production environments.

They are appropriate for use with MySQL server versions 5.5-5.7.

They are now available in source and binary form from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/
(note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point-if you can’t find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.)

Changes in MySQL Connector/Net 6.8.8

Connections to MySQL server 5.7 now default to using SSL.

Changes in MySQL Connector/Net 6.8.6

Connections to MySQL server 5.7 now default to using SSL.

Changes in MySQL Connector/Net 6.9.7

The selection of a master or slave now takes into account
both the status and mode, when before it only used the
mode. Ignoring the status was problematic as, for
example, an unreachable server’s status is marked as
FAULTY while the mode does not change. (Bug #21203824)
Using MySqlConnection.Open() with Connector/Net 6.9.6
would fail and raise the error “Unable to connect to
Fabric server”. (Bug #20983968)
Connections to MySQL server 5.7 now default to using SSL.

The documentation is available at:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/

Nuget packages are available at:
https://www.nuget.org/packages/MySql.Data/
https://www.nuget.org/packages/MySql.Data.Entity/
https://www.nuget.org/packages/MySql.Fabric/
https://www.nuget.org/packages/MySql.Web/

Enjoy and thanks for the support!

On behalf of the MySQL Connector/NET Team.