MySQL Bugs: #57699: .net connector installation error

Bug #57699	.net connector installation error
Submitted:	24 Oct 2010 21:39	Modified:	25 Oct 2010 18:22
Reporter:	Barry Baruch	Email Updates:
Status:	Duplicate	Impact on me:	None
Category:	Connector / NET	Severity:	S1 (Critical)
Version:	6.3.5	OS:	Windows (7 x64)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	.net Connector, x64

Description:
When trying to install the 6.3.5 .net connector it will progress normally through the install process till the end when it rolls back and says:
"MySQL Connector Net 6.3.5 Setup Wizard ended 
prematurely because of an error. Your system has not been modified..."

see also http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=57654

How to repeat:
rty to install the .net connector on windows x64 system

Hi Barry and thanks for your report.

There is no "x64" .NET driver, check, for example, http://www.brianpeek.com/blog/archive/2007/11/13/x64-development-with-net.aspx.

As for the rest of the report, it is a duplicate of Bug#57654 as you already guessed.

thank for your fast reply.

the link you mentioned this still doesn't give me a solution how can one connect to a MySQL database from .Net running on x64 windows, neither if/when a x64 connector will be available.

I have to start a project soon and need to know wcich tools are available...

Hi Barry,

Please note that Connector/NET is a managed code library, which means that it does not contain native CPU instructions. Java applications use similar approach and with Connector/J we also have just one binary for ALL operating systems and platforms.

In other words MySql.Data.Dll should work equally well in 32 or 64-bit applications. There is still a possibility to build a DLL specifically for 32 or 64 bits, but we use the Mixed Platforms compiler mode. In addition to traditional x86 (32 or 64 bit), the resulting NET library can work in Itanium-based Windows platform that are not x86-compatible.

Hello Bogdan Degtyariov,

I understand what you say, but I still can not install it on my system :(
I have the same problem on windows 7 x64 as Mario Karagiorgas 
 has on windows xp x64.
Is there a way to install it on x64 systems?

Thanks.

Did this setup problem get resolved on x64 systems?