Dear MySQL Users,

the first GA (general availability) version of MySQL Connector/C++ has been made available: MySQL Connector/C++ 1.0.5 GA. The MySQL Connector/C++ provides a C++ API for connecting client applications to the MySQL Server 5.1 or newer. You can download the production release at:

 http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/cpp/1.0.html

The MySQL driver for C++ offers an easy to use API derived from JDBC 4.0. We use the MySQL Connector/C++ in two of our own products. A development version of MySQL Workbench is using it successfully since months. MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org, an OpenOffice.org 3.1 extension, is a thin wrapper around the MySQL driver for C++.

We have improved the driver and added a couple of new features since the last beta release. Please see the documentation and the CHANGES file in the source distribution for a detailed description of bugs that have been fixed. The following features have been added:

 - Introduced unbuffered fetch for Statement. (Andrey)
 - Improved the memory management to not leak in exceptional situations. (Andrey)
 - ConnectionMetaData, ResultSetMetaData, ParameterMetaData now allow
   statements like: connection->getMetaData->getSchema(). (Lawrin, Andrey)
 - Added SunConnect support to MSI installer. (Iggy, Lawrin)
 - Added "defaultStatementResultType" to MySQL_Connection::setClientOption(). (Andrey)
 - Added Result::getType() to the three result set classes. (Andrey)
 - Added better support for named pipes, on Windows. (Andrey)
 - Fixed a bug in MySQL_Connection::setSessionVariable(). (Andrey)
 - Fixed the interface of sql::Driver and sql::Connection
   so they accept the options map by alias instead of by value. (Andrey)

You can find further details, including usages examples, in the documentation at:

  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/connector-cpp.html

The projects MySQL Forge wiki page is at:

  http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Connector_C%2B%2B

Feedback, bug reports, bug fixes, patches and so on are welcome and appreciated:

    http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Contributing

You may also want to contribute to the MySQL Forum on C/C++ at http://forums.mysql.com/list.php?167 or join the MySQL Connector/C++ mailing list http://lists.mysql.com/connector-cplusplus .

Connector/C++ is licensed under the terms of the GPL, like most MySQL Connectors. There are special exceptions to the terms and conditions of the GPL as it is applied to this software, see FLOSS License Exception (http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/licensing/foss-exception.html). For Licensing questions, and to purchase MySQL Products and Services, please contact MySQL:

  http://www.mysql.com/buy-mysql

Enjoy!