Bug #44986 binary(16) and tinyint(1) is not converted using ADO .NET Data Entities
Submitted: 20 May 2009 14:27 Modified: 25 Jan 2011 8:19
Reporter: Morten Andersen Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:Connector / NET Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:6.0.3 OS:Windows (Vista 32)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: ADO, Guid

[20 May 2009 14:27] Morten Andersen
Description:
If I use the connector to create a DataTable for me, the binary(16) is converted into a Guid. Using the ADO.NET Data Entities designer you do not get this behavior. I guess this is the case for all data types.

How to repeat:
1. Create a entity from a table that contains a binary(16) column
2. Look at the data type for that column. You will now see an unexpected data type (Byte[])
[21 May 2009 15:53] Reggie Burnett
tinyint(1) has already been fixed.  We are fixing the guid issue now.  We will be changing from binary(16) to binary(36) so that users can use the sql function UUID() to populate those columns.  We will maintain binary(16) support using a connection string option that we will eventually deprecate.
[22 May 2009 21:58] Reggie Burnett
tinyint(1) has been fixed but binary(16) has not.  Marking as verified
[26 May 2009 19:45] Bugs System
A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/74980
[26 May 2009 19:46] Reggie Burnett
fixed in 6.0.4