ODBC Driver for MySQL Revision History

6.1.0 16-Apr-26

Added support for MySQL 9.6
Added the ability to use SSL and SSH protocols simultaneously
Significantly improved compatibility with Linked Server in MSSMS
Improved work with the VECTOR data type
Improved work with Numeric/Decimal fields with precision > 38
Improved compatibility with the PDO_ODBC PHP extension
Improved compatibility with Node.js
Fixed an issue with parsing a connection string when its value contained a sequence of SQL comment characters

6.0.0 10-Nov-25

Added a graphical interface for configuring the driver on macOS and Linux
Added support for MariaDB 12
Added support for the Vector data type
Added support for the UUID data type in MariaDB 10.7 and later
Added support for the INET4 and INET6 data types in MariaDB 10.10 and later
Added support for Bearer Token authentication when using an HTTP tunnel
Improved compatibility with Node.js
Improved compatibility with Tableau
Improved compatibility with Vectorworks
Fixed an issue that caused incorrect connection string parsing on macOS

5.2.0 14-Apr-25

Added support for MySQL 9
Added support for password-protected private keys for the SSL protocol
Improved compatibility with Crystal Reports
Improved compatibility with Microsoft Query
Fixed an issue with editing File DSN

5.1.2 12-Nov-24

Fixed bug with re-activation ODBC driver via another Windows user

5.1.1 28-Mar-24

Fixed the issue when establishing a connection with a connection string that contains unsupported parameters

5.1.0 14-Mar-24

Now passwords are stored in an encrypted form in the DSN record
Added Read Only mode for connection
Improved compatibility with FileMaker Server for Linux and macOS
Fixed bug "Inconsistent descriptor information error" when using ADO is fixed
Fixed connection timeout setting before opening connection

5.0.1 03-Oct-23

Fixed bug with handling the unsigned numeric data type
Fixed bug with driver license validation for Linked Server in MSSMS

5.0.0 17-Aug-23

Added support for MariaDB 11
Improved compatibility with 4D in macOS
Fixed bug with SQL executing timeout for HTTP/HTTPS tunneling
Fixed bug with getting data in DBeaver
Fixed Windows XP installation bug

4.4.0 15-May-23

Added support for SELECT TOP clause for Linked Server in MSSMS
Added support for SQL_ATTR_MAX_ROWS attribute
Improved compatibility with Visual Basic in Visual Studio
Improved compatibility with Alteryx

4.3.0 17-Nov-22

Added support for macOS 13 Ventura
Improved compatibility with Tableau Prep Builder
Improved compatibility with Crystal Reports
Improved the SSH connection establishment
Fixed bug with using SQLMoreResults function
Fixed bug when a connection string parameter value contains a single quote
Fixed an issue with adding DSN in PowerShell
Fixed an issue with rows deleting

4.2.1 05-Jan-22

Added support for Windows 11
Added support for MariaDB 10.6
Improved compatibility with FICO Mosel
Improved compatibility with FileMaker
Improved compatibility with JMP on macOS
Improved support for an ODBC installer on Windows 2000
Fixed an issue with updating date and time fields in MS Access

4.1.1 08-Jul-21

MSI installer for deploying through GPO is added
Bug with executing a SELECT ... INTO OUTFILE statement is fixed

4.0.1 25-May-21

Apple Silicon M1 is supported
Compatibility with macOS Big Sur is improved
Bug with modifying data using the Linked Server is fixed
Bug with processing unsigned fields processing when using ADO is fixed

3.1.4 07-Dec-20

Minor performance improvements

3.1.3 08-Apr-20

Compatibility with Alteryx is improved
Compatibility with Power Pivot is improved
Compatibility with Visual Basic is improved
Compatibility with RStudio is improved
Bug with fetching by Bookmark is fixed
Bug with modifying data using SQLSetPos is fixed

3.1.2 04-Oct-19

Now ODBC driver is thread-safe
Now ODBC driver activation does not require administrator privileges
Work with password-protected private key for SSH protocol is supported
Improved compatibility with sandboxed applications for macOS
Support for connection pooling is improved
Bug with executing a SELECT ... INTO OUTFILE statement is fixed

3.0.1 08-Jan-19

Now ODBC driver for macOS is distributed as a PKG package
Now ODBC driver for Linux is distributed as DEB and RPM packages
Possibility to force the ODBC 2.x behavior is added

2.4.9 16-Jul-18

Possibility to show used connection string in the connection dialog is added

2.4.8 14-Jun-18

MySQL 8 is supported
Support for sha2_password, caching_sha2_password authentications is added
Possibility to return String Types as Ansi or Unicode is added
Compatibility with MS Access is improved
Compatibility with Tableau is improved
Compatibility with Omnis Studio is improved
Compatibility with Power Pivot is improved
Compatibility with DBeaver is improved

2.3.7 26-Feb-18

Performance of batch operations is significantly improved
Retrieving metadata for MySQL 4.1.1 and lower is improved
The SSHStoragePath connection parameter is added
Query Timeout option is added

2.2.6 23-Oct-17

Azure Database for MySQL is supported
Compatibility with SAS JMP is improved
Compatibility with MS Power Query is improved
OUTER JOIN macros in SQL queries are supported
DateTime macros in SQL queries are supported
Scalar function macros in SQL queries are supported

2.1.5 22-Jun-17

Compatibility with Adobe ColdFusion is improved
Several issues with data modification in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio are resolved
Now "." is a decimal separator for numbers with floating point by default

2.1.4 29-Nov-16

Compatibility with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is improved

2.1.3 26-Oct-16

Compatibility with MS Visual Studio is improved
Compatibility with MS FoxPro is improved
Compatibility with MapInfo is improved
Compatibility with Libre Office is improved
Compatibility with Qlik is improved
Compatibility with Delphi & C++Builder is improved
MS Access linked tables support is improved

2.0.2 05-Apr-16

Compatibility with MS Excel is improved
Compatibility with ODBC 2.x is improved
Bug with Trial expiration in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio is fixed

2.0.1 15-Mar-16

Linux is supported
macOS is supported
Support for stored procedures and functions is improved
Backward compatibility of SQLExecDirect with ODBC 2.x is improved

1.3.4 06-Jan-16

Connection via SSL protocol is supported
Connection via SSH protocol is supported
Connection via HTTP tunnel is supported
Compatibility with Microsoft Power BI Desktop is improved
Compatibility with Microsoft Visual FoxPro is improved

1.2.3 06-Nov-15

Compatibility with Microsoft Visual Studio is improved
Compatibility with Microsoft Office is improved
Compatibility with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio is improved
Compatibility with Crystal Reports is improved
Compatibility with ClikView is improved

1.1.2 16-Jul-15

Performance is improved
Bug with access violation when using ADO is fixed
Bug with calling the same SQL statement for several times is fixed

1.0.1 20-May-15

Initial release of ODBC Driver for MySQL
Windows 32-bit is supported
Windows 64-bit is supported