MySQL Bugs: #49081: Latest .Net Connector doesn't work with mysql 4.1

Bug #49081	Latest .Net Connector doesn't work with mysql 4.1
Submitted:	24 Nov 2009 23:41	Modified:	25 Nov 2009 15:17
Reporter:	Olivier Poquet	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	Connector / NET	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	6.2.1	OS:	Windows
Assigned to:	Tony Bedford	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
The latest version of the .Net Connector doesn't allow connections to version 4.1 databases.  The documentation for the Connector online (where one downloads it, etc) seems to imply that 4.1 is still supported.  

How to repeat:
Get the latest connector and connect to a 4.1 database.  It will throw an exception.  

Suggested fix:
Update the documentation and make it clear when downloading which version of the connector works with which version of mysql.

Hi Olivier and thanks for your report.

You are absolutely right. Tony, fix the docs/changelogs please.

I think it was this page that was misleading:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-net.html

It did seem to imply that 4.1 was supported - whereas it actually meant server features. 4.1 *is* supported by some versions of Connector/NET, but not version 6.2.x. Hopefully this has now been clarified.

The page:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-net-versions.html

has also been updated with 6.2 specific information (6.2 specific info was missing).

The changes have been made in the documentation's XML sources, and should be reflected online within the next 24 hours or so.

This was a mistake.  We are removing 4.1 support starting with 6.3.  By fixing this bug we are restoring 4.1 support to 6.2

I have updated the docs accordingly.

Thanks Reggie & Tony for clearing this.