Dear MySQL users, MySQL Connector/C 6.1.0, a new version of the C API for client/server communication for the MySQL database management system, has been released.
This version of Connector/C has the same feature set as the client library shipped with latest MySQL server 5.6 and supports all client/server protocol features present in the server. You can use Connector/C to run and build client applications which communicate with MySQL server versions from 4.1 to 5.6 without a need to do a complete server installation. The release is now available in source and binary form for a number of platforms from our download pages at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/c/ For information on installing, please see the documentation at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-c/en/connector-c-installation.html Enjoy! The MySQL build team at Oracle ============================================================================== MySQL Connector/C 6.1 provides these features not present in 6.0: * Support for the pluggable authentication framework that enables implementation of authentication methods as plugins. This framework can be used for MySQL native authentication as well as external authentication methods. See Pluggable Authentication (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/pluggable-authentication.html). * Client-side support for the SHA-256, PAM, and Windows native authentication plugins. See The SHA-256 Authentication Plugin (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/sha256-authentication-plugin.html), The PAM Authentication Plugin (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/pam-authentication-plugin.html), The Windows Native Authentication Plugin (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/windows-authentication-plugin.html). The older MySQL Connector/C 6.0 can connect only to accounts that use native MySQL passwords. If a client program attempts to connect to an account that requires a different authentication method, an "Access denied for user" error occurs. * Support for connecting to accounts that have expired passwords. See Password Expiration and Sandbox Mode (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/password-expiration.html). * Support for prepared CALL (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/call.html) statements. This enables client programs to handle stored procedures that produce multiple result sets and to obtain the final value of OUT and INOUT procedure parameters. See C API Support for Prepared CALL Statements (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/c-api-prepared-call-statements.html). * Support for connecting over IPv6. See IPv6 Support (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/ipv6-support.html). * Support for binding client programs to a specific IP address at connect time. See mysql_options() (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/mysql-options.html). * Support for specifying connection attributes to pass to the server at connect time. See mysql_options() (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/mysql-options.html), and mysql_options4() (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/mysql-options4.html). -- Kent Boortz, Release Staff engineer Oracle, The MySQL Team Mobile: +46 76 77 69 049 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
