dotConnect for MySQL is an enhanced database connectivity solution built over ADO.NET architecture and a development framework with a number of innovative technologies. This application will provide comprehensive solutions for creating database-related apps and websites.
With state of the art ORM solutions such as Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL, it introduces new approaches for designing applications and boosts productivity of database application development.

· Direct access to MySQL server
· Doesn't require MySQL client library and uses MySQL protocol directly
· 100% managed code
· High performance
· Easy to deploy
· Supports the latest versions of MySQL server
· All MySQL data types support
· Compact Framework support
· Stored procedures support
· Support MySQL Embedded server
· Connection pooling feature
· Support multiple query execution
· Fill DataSet with multiple query
· MySqlScript component to execute scripts
· MySqlLoader component for fast loading data
· Ability to store data in DataReader object
· Paginal access to query result
· Named parameters support
· Ability of monitoring query execution by DBMonitor
· Advanced design-time editors
· Integrated DbTools for browsing database schema, manipulate database objects and visual building queries
· Easy migration from ODBC and OLE DB .NET Data Providers with Migration Wizard
· Help integrated into Visual Studio .NET
· Free support for registered users
· Licensed per a developer without royalty fee

Requirements:
· NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0

What's New in This Release:
· The bug with license check in ILMerged assembly is fixed
· The bug with displaying table names in DataSet Wizard when connecting to MySQL server 4.1 is fixed
· LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to MySQL)
· Implemented fetch mode customization for eager loading of related entities
· The bug with NullReferenceException when selecting non-entity types is fixed
· The bug with type mismatch when using null parameters in LINQ queries is fixed
· The bug with refreshing entities with a changed entity reference is fixed
· The bug with updating entities that have associations based on unique (not primary) keys is fixed
· The bug with parameters of compiled queries not being refreshed is fixed
· Entity Developer
· The bug with configuring a sequence ID generator in LinqConnect models is fixed
· The bug with LinqConnect external mapping file in case entity classes belong to non-default namespace is fixed
· The bug with persisting associations between LinqConnect entity classes inherited from the same ba...