dotConnect for MySQL Compatibility
MySQL Compatibility
dotConnect for MySQL supports MySQL server versions 6.0, 5.6, 5.5, 5.4, 5.1, 5.0, 4.1,
4.0 and 3.23 including Embedded servers (starting with 4.1) and 64-bit MySQL servers.
Framework Compatibility
The provider works with:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5
- Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 and above
- Mono version 2.0 and above
dotConnect for MySQL is compatible with ADO.NET Entity Framework v1, v4.x and v5 (MySQL
server 5.0 or higher is required for Entity Framework).
IDE compatibility
dotConnect for MySQL and can be used with the following development environments:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
- Embarcadero Delphi Prism
- CodeGear RAD Studio 2007
There are some limitations in Express Editions of Visual Studio. The following features
are not available: provider add-in, automatic toolbox components registration and
DDEX integration. As an exception, Visual Web Developer
supports DDEX features.
dotConnect for MySQL supports
Visual Studio Lightswitch 2011 and 2012.
RAD Studio 2007 is supported at run-time only, as these environments have no WinForms
designers.
Devart data providers compatibility
Since Devart data providers use a common assembly (Devart.Data.dll), it is necessary
to make sure that all installed data providers are compatible.
dotConnect for MySQL can be used together with dotConnect
Universal that provides universal access to different databases within a single
code.
dbForge Fusion for MySQL compatibility
This version of provider is compatible with dbForge Fusion 3.50 and later. dbForge
Fusion for MySQL supports Visual Studio 2008 and 2010.
DotNetNuke compatibility
dotConnect for MySQL has data provider and set of data access modules for DotNetNuke
4.7, which works with MySQL server 5.0 or greater.