Version 1.0.10
    Bugs
    ----
    Bug #25605 BINARY and VARBINARY is returned as a string 
    Bug #24373 High CPU utilization when no idle connection 
    Bug #24957 MySql.Data.Types.MySqlConversionException is not marked as Serializable. 
    Bug #25603 Critial ConnectionPool Error in Connector.Net 5.03 
    - Fixed problem where an attempt to open a connection max pool size times while
      the server is down will prevent any further attempts due to the pool semaphore
      being full. (Bug #29409)       
    - Fixed problem where attempting to load a reader into a datatable using a table 
      with a multi-column primary key would result in multiple constraints being added
      to the datatable. No test case added to the 1.0 tree as loading a datatable
      with a reader is a .Net 2.0 thing. (bug #30204)
    
    Other
    -----
    Added "Use Procedure Bodies" connection string option to allow calling procedures without
       using procedure metadata (if possible).
    Reverted behavior that required parameter names to start with the parameter marker.  We 
       apologize for this back and forth but we mistakenly changed the behavior to not
       match what SqlClient supports.  We now support using either syntax for adding
       parameters however we also respond exactly like SqlClient in that if you ask for the
       index of a parameter using a syntax different than you added the parameter, the result
       will be -1.
    Changed installer to Inno Setup
    
Version 1.0.9
    
    Bugs fixed or addressed
    -----------------------
    Bug #23268 System.FormatException when invoking procedure with ENUM input parameter 
		Bug #23538 Exception thrown when GetSchemaTable is called and "fields" is null. 
    Bug #23758 Unable to connect to any server - IPv6 related 
    Bug #23749 VarChar field size over 255 causes a System.OverflowException 
    Bug #18186 Problem with implementation of PreparedStatement 
    Bug #24565 Inferring DbType fails when reusing commands and the first time the value is nul 
	Bug #24661 mysql-connector-net-5.0.2-beta Driver.IsTooOld() Error.... 
	Bug #23862 Problem with CommandBuilder 'GetInsertCommand' method 
    Bug #25033 Exception raised/ HANG if no SELECT privileges granted for stored procedure call 
	  [this is a correction;  a previous change log entry indicated that Connector/Net
	   no longer required select privs on mysql database.  This is not true and select privs
	   are required. This will be fixed when the server exposes procedure parameters via
 	   information schema.]
    Bug #25013 Return Value parameter not found 
    Bug #22400 Nested transactions 
    Bug #25443 ExecuteScalar() hangs when more than one bad result 		
    Bug #24802 Error Handling 
    Bug #25614 After connection is closed, and opened again UTF-8 characters are not read well 
    Bug #25625 Crashes when calling with CommandType set to StoredProcedure 
    Bug #25651 SELECT does not work properly when WHERE contains UTF-8 characters 
    Bug #25726 MySqlConnection throws NullReferenceException and ArgumentNullException 
    Bug #25609 MySqlDataAdapter.FillSchema 
    Bug #25912 selecting negative time values gets wrong results 

    Other changes
    -------------
    Turned MySqlPoolManager into a static class and added a static ctor to
         avoid any race conditions related to initializing the hashtable.
         (A similar suggestion came in from a user)
    Added 'Ignore Prepare' connection string option for disabling prepared
         statements application-wide    
    A nicer exception is displayed if you have added a parameter without the parameter marker.
    Improved CommandBuilder.DeriveParameters to use the procedure cache if possible
    Return parameters created with DeriveParameters now have the name RETURN_VALUE
    Fixed problem with parameter name hashing where the hashes were not getting updated
         or removed in certain situations.
    Fixed problem where pooled connections that are added back to the idle pool may be
         still in the closed state.
    
Version 1.0.8 RC

    Other changes
    -------------
    Implemented a stored procedure cache
    Changed how stored procedure metadata is retrieved to allow users without select privs
    on mysql.proc to use them
    Fixed shared memory connections
    Increased speed of MySqlParameterCollection.IndexOf(string) orders of magnitude
         (parameter name lookups are now strict on use of parameter marker)
    
    Bugs fixed or addressed
    -----------------------
    Bug #16659 Can't use double quotation marks(") as password access server by Connector/NET [fixed]
    Bug #17375 CommandBuilder ignores Unsigned flag at Parameter creation [fixed]
    Bug #17749 There is no char type in MySqlDbType [fixed]
    Bug #16788 Only byte arrays and strings can be serialized by MySqlBinary [fixed]
    Bug #16645 FOUND_ROWS() Bug [can't repeat - added test case]
    Bug #18570 Unsigned tinyint (NET byte) incorrectly determined param type from param val	[fixed]
    Bug #19261 Supplying Input Parameters [fixed]
    Bug #19481 Where clause with datetime throws exception [any warning causes the exception] [fixed]
    Bug #15077 Error MySqlCommandBuilder.DeriveParameters for sp without parameters. [fixed]
    Bug #16934 Unsigned values > 2^63 (UInt64) cannot be used in prepared statements
    Bug #19515 DiscoverParameters fails on numeric datatype [fixed]
    Bug #17814 Stored procedure fails unless DbType set explicitly [fixed]
    Bug #19294 IDataRecord.GetString method should return null for null values [fixed]
    Bug #13590 ExecuteScalar returns only Int64 regardless of actual SQL type [added test case]
    Bug #19017 GetBytes Error [fixed]
    Bug #19936 DataReader already open exception [fixed]
    Bug #17106 MySql.Data.MySqlClient.CharSetMap.GetEncoding thread synchronization issue [fixed]
    Bug #17736 Selecting a row with with empty date '0000-00-00' results in Read() hanging. [fixed]
    Bug #20581 Null Reference Exception when closing reader after stored procedure. 
    Bug #21521 # Symbols not allowed in column/table names.    
    Bug #16884 Invalid DateTime Values from DataReader     
    Bug #7248  There is already an open DataReader associated with this Connection which must 
    Bug #11991 ExecuteScalar 	
    Bug #14592 Wrong column length returned for VARCHAR UTF8 columns 	
    Bug #18391 Better error handling for the .NET class "MySqlCommand" needed. 	
    Bug #8131 Data Adapter doesn't close connection 
    Bug #9619 Cannot update row using DbDataAdapter when row contains an invalid date 
    Bug #15112 MySqlDateTime Constructor 	
	
Version 1.0.7

    Bugs fixed or addressed
    -------------------------
    Bug #13658 connection.state does not update on Ping() [ fixed ]
    Bug #13590 ExecuteScalar returns only Int64 regardless of actual SQL type [added test case]
    Bug #13662 Prepare() truncates accented character input [already fixed, added test]
    Bug #11947 MySQLCommandBuilder mishandling CONCAT() aliased column [updated test case]
    Bug #13541 Prepare breaks if a parameter is used more than once [fixed]
    Bug #13632 the MySQLCommandBuilder.deriveparameters has not been updated for MySQL 5
    Bug #13753 Exception calling stored procedure with special characters in parameters
    Bug #11386 Numeric parameters with Precision and Scale not taken into account by Connector [added test case]
    Bug #6902  Errors in parsing stored procedure parameters [fixed before, refixed]
    Bug #13927 Multiple Records to same Table in Transaction Problem [fixed]
    Bug #14631 "#42000Query was empty" [fixed]
    Bug #13806 Does not support Code Page 932	

    Other changes
    -------------------------    
    Failure to provide parameters for out and inout values is now detected
    Changed pooling code to remove issue of skipping Ping() on bogus connnections
    
9-27-05 - Version 1.0.6
 
    Bugs fixed or addressed
    -------------------------
    Bug #13036  Returns error when field names contain any of the following chars %<>()/ etc [fixed]
    Bug #12835	1.0.5 won't install on system with 1.0.4 installed [fixed]
    Bug #12978 	Fatal Error C# Compilation [fixed]
    Bug #13276 	Exception on serialize after inserting null value [fixed]
    Bug #13345 	Connecting from mono 1.1.8 to MySQL 5.0 using MySQL Connector/Net 1.0.5
    
    Other changes
    -------------------------
    Changed SocketStream and StreamCreator to be compatible with Mono
    Added options to not reset and reconfigure connections pulled from the pool
    Connections pulled from the pool that are not reset are also not pinged

8-24-05 - Version 1.0.5

    Bugs fixed or addressed
    -------------------------
    Bug #8667  	OUT parameters are not being valued [fixed]
    Bug #8574  	MySQLCommandBuilder unable to support inline functions [fixed]
    Bug #8509  	MySqlDataAdapter.FillSchema does not interpret unsigned integer	[fixed]
    Bug #8630  	Executing a query with the SchemaOnly option reads the entire resultset	[fixed]
    Bug #7398  	MySqlParameterCollection doesn't allow parameters without filled in names [fixed]
    Bug #7623  	Adding MySqlParameter causes error if MySqlDbType is Decimal [fixed]
    Bug #8929  	Timestamp values with a date > 10/29/9997 cause problems [fixed]
    Bug #9237  	MySqlDataReader.AffectedRecords not set to -1 [fixed]
    Bug #9262  	Floating point numbers boundary conditions (MinValue/MaxValue) (added code but really this isn't a bug)
    Bug #7951   Error reading a timestamp column 				
    Bug #10644  Cannot call a stored function directly from Connector/Net 	
    Bug #9722   Connector does not recognize parameters separated by a linefeed 
    Bug #10281  Clone issue with MySqlConnection 
    Bug #11450  Connector/Net, current database and stored procedures
    Bug#11490  certain incorrect queries trigger connection must be valid and open message
    Bug #8228  	turkish character set causing the error [fixed]
    Bug #8387  	Connecting with NAMES and character_set_results can be up to 18 times slower.
                Improved this by only issuing a SET NAMES if character_set_client or 
                character_set_connection is different than what we are wanting.
    Bug #8382  	Commandbuilder does not handle queries to other databases than the default one-
                fixed this one with the help of a patch from Henrik Johnson.
    Bug #10637 	Fail connect to specified MySql Hosts							
                The problem was that we were  using BeginConnect/EndConnect to implement connect
                timeout. Each one of these uses a worker thread from the .NET thread pool.  This
                thread pool only has a default of 25 threads so on a very heavily loaded system,
                it's possible it could run out.  Connect has now been recoded to not use a 
                worker thread.
    Bug #11542  Call to Stored Procedure throws exception when SP has no arguments [fixed]
    Bug #11550  Adding decimal parameters problem						[fixed]
    Bug#10152	syntax error using decimal parameter in where clause	[fixed]
    Bug#10486	MySqlDataAdapter.Update error for decimal column		[fixed]
	    All three of these bugs were related to the same problem					
    Bug #11873 	Invalid timestamp in query produces incorrect reader exception [added test case, already fixed]
    Bug#10454	incorrect return type documented for parameter collection Add methods [fixed]	
    Bug #12163  Insert using prepared statement causes double insert	
    Bug #12245  using Prepare() on an insert command causes null parameters to convert to "0"	
    Bug #12646  Parameters are defaulted to Decimal [added a new test case]
    Bug #12628 	off by one on random selection of multiple hosts/ip addresses [fixed]
    Bug #12551 	Error at the ConnectionString - Property [fixed]
    Bug #8724 	NullReferenceException in Designer [fixed]
    Bug #12771 	Connector/Net can't connect to MySQL 4.1.14-nt [fixed]

    Other changes
    -------------
    Fixed problem parsing stored procedure parameter defs such as OUT val INT  UNSIGNED
    Now supports the new decimal type introduced in 5.0.3
    Fixed bug where adding parameter objects that had been independently constructed did not work right.
    Changed internal class MySqlSingle to MySqlFloat
    Implemented new BIT data type						
    Implemented Convert Zero DateTime connection option.							
							
1-20-05 - Version 1.0.4  

    Bug #7243 calling prepare causing exception [fixed]
    Fixed another small problem with prepared statements
    Bug #7258  	MySqlCommand.Connection returns an IDbConnection [fixed]
    Bug #7345  	MySqlAdapter.Fill method throws Error message : Non-negative number required [fixed]
    Bug #7478   Clone method bug in MySqlCommand [fixed]
    Bug #7612  	MySqlDataReader.GetString(index) returns non-Null value when field is Null [fixed]
    Bug #7755	MySqlReader.GetInt32 throws exception if column is unsigned [fixed]
    Bug #7704	GetBytes is working no more [fixed]
    Bug #7724	Quote character \222 not quoted in EscapeString [fixed]
    Fixed problem that causes named pipes to not work with some blob functionality
    Fixed problem with shared memory connections
    Bug #7436  	Problem with Multiple resultsets... [fixed]
    Added or filled out several more topics in the API reference documentation
	
12-10-04 - Version 1.0.3-gamma

	- Made MySQL the default named pipe name
	- Now SHOW COLLATION is used upon connection to retrieve the full list of charset ids
	- Fixed Invalid character set index: 200 (Bug #6547)
	- Installer now includes options to install into GAC and create Start Menu items
	- Bug #6863 - Int64 Support in MySqlCommand Parameters [fixed]
	- Connections now do not have to give a database on the connection string
	- Bug #6770 - MySqlDataReader.GetChar(int i) throws IndexOutOfRange Exception [fixed]
	- Fixed problem where multiple resultsets having different numbers of columns would cause a problem
	- Bug #6983 Exception stack trace lost when re-throwing exceptions [fixed]
	- Fixed major problem with detecting null values when using prepared statements
	- Bug #6902 Errors in parsing stored procedure parameters [fixed]
	- Bug #6668 Integer "out" parameter from stored procedure returned as string [fixed]
	- Bug #7032 MySqlDateTime in Datatables sorting by Text, not Date. [fixed]
	- Bug #7133 Invalid query string when using inout parameters [fixed]
	- Bug #6831 Test suite fails with MySQL 4.0 because of case sensitivity of table names [fixed]
	- Bug #7132	Inserting DateTime causes System.InvalidCastException to be thrown	[fixed]
	- Bug #6879	InvalidCast when using DATE_ADD-function [fixed]
	- Bug #6634	An Open Connection has been Closed by the Host System [fixed]
	- Added ServerThread property to MySqlConnection to expose server thread id
	- Added Ping method to MySqlConnection
	- Changed the name of the test suite to MySql.Data.Tests.dll
	
11-15-04 - Version 1.0.2-gamma

	- Fixed problem with MySqlBinary where string values could not be used to update extended text columns
	- Fixed Installation directory ignored using custom installation (Bug #6329)
	- Fixed problem where setting command text leaves the command in a prepared state
	- Fixed double type handling in MySqlParameter(string parameterName, object value) (Bug #6428)
	- Fixed Zero date "0000-00-00" is returned wrong when filling Dataset (Bug #6429)
	- Fixed problem where calling stored procedures might cause an "Illegal mix of collations" problem.
	- Added charset connection string option
	- Fixed #HY000Illegal mix of collations (latin1_swedish_ci,IMPLICIT) and (utf8_general_ (Bug #6322)
	- Added the TableEditor CS and VB sample
	- Fixed Charset-map for UCS-2 (Bug #6541)
	- Updated the installer to include the new samples
	- Fixed Long inserts take very long time (Bug #5453)
	- Fixed Objects not being disposed	(Bug #6649)
	- Provider is now using character set specified by server as default 
	
10-27-04 - Version 1.0.1-beta 2

    - Fixed BUG #5602 Possible bug in MySqlParameter(string, object) constructor
    - Fixed BUG #5458 Calling GetChars on a longtext column throws an exception
    - Fixed BUG #5474 cannot run a stored procedure populating mysqlcommand.parameters
    - Fixed BUG #5469 Setting DbType throws NullReferenceException
    - Fixed problem where connector was not issuing a CMD_QUIT before closing the socket
	- Fixed BUG #5392 MySqlCommand sees "?" as parameters in string literals
    - Fixed problem with ConnectionInternal where a key might be added more than once
    - CP1252 is now used for Latin1 only when the server is 4.1.2 and later
    - Fixed BUG #5388 DataReader reports all rows as NULL if one row is NULL
	- Virtualized driver subsystem so future releases could easily support client or embedded server support
	- Field buffers being reused to decrease memory allocations and increase speed
	- Fixed problem where using old syntax while using the interfaces caused problems
	- Using PacketWriter instead of Packet for writing to streams
	- Refactored compression code into CompressedStream to clean up NativeDriver
	- Added test case for resetting the command text on a prepared command
	- Fixed problem where MySqlParameterCollection.Add() would throw unclear exception when given a null value (Bug #5621)
	- Fixed construtor initialize problems in MySqlCommand() (Bug #5613)
	- Fixed Parsing the ';' char (Bug #5876)
	- Fixed missing Reference in DbType setter (Bug #5897)
	- Fixed System.OverflowException when using YEAR datatype (Bug #6036)
	- Added Aggregate function test (wasn't really a bug)	
	- Fixed serializing of floating point parameters (double, numeric, single, decimal) (Bug #5900)
	- IsNullable error (Bug #5796)
	- Fixed problem where connection lifetime on the connect string was not being respected
	- Fixed problem where Min Pool Size was not being respected
	- Fixed MySqlDataReader and 'show tables from ...' behaviour (Bug #5256)
	- Implemented SequentialAccess
	- Fixed MySqlDateTime sets IsZero property on all subseq.records after first zero found (Bug #6006)
	- Fixed Can't display Chinese correctly (Bug #5288)
	- Fixed Russian character support as well
	- Fixed Method TokenizeSql() uses only a limited set of valid characters for parameters (Bug #6217)
	- Fixed NET Connector source missing resx files (Bug #6216)
	- Fixed DBNull Values causing problems with retrieving/updating queries. (Bug #5798)
	- Fixed Yet Another "object reference not set to an instance of an object" (Bug #5496)
	- Fixed problem in PacketReader where it could try to allocate the wrong buffer size in EnsureCapacity
	- Fixed GetBoolean returns wrong values (Bug #6227)
	- Fixed IndexOutOfBounds when reading BLOB with DataReader with GetString(index) (Bug #6230)
	
	
09-01-04 - Version 1.0.0-beta [released]
	- Fixed BUG# 3889 Thai encoding not correctly supported
	- Updated many of the test cases
	- Fixed problem with using compression
	- Bumped version number to 1.0.0 for beta 1 release
	- Added COPYING.rtf file for use in installer
	- Removed all of the XML comment warnings (I'll clean them up better later)
	- Removed some last references to ByteFX
  
08-30-04 - Version 0.9.0

	- Added test fixture for prepared statements
	- All type classes now implement a SerializeBinary method for sending their data to a PacketWriter
	- Added PacketWriter class that will enable future low-memory large object handling
	- Fixed many small bugs in running prepared statements and stored procedures
	- Changed command so that an exception will not be throw in executing a stored procedure with parameters in old syntax mode
	- SingleRow behavior now working right even with limit
	- GetBytes now only works on binary columns
	- Logger now truncates long sql commands so blob columns don't blow out our log
	- host and database now have a default value of "" unless otherwise set
	- FIXED BUG# 5214 Connection Timeout seems to be ignored
	- Added test case for bug# 5051: GetSchema not working correctly
	- Fixed problem where GetSchema would return false for IsUnique when the column is key
	- MySqlDataReader GetXXX methods now using the field level MySqlValue object and not performing conversions
	- FIXED BUG# 5097: DataReader returning NULL for time column
	- Added test case for LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE
	- Added replacetext custom nant task
	- Added CommandBuilderTest fixture
	- Added Last One Wins feature to CommandBuilder
	- Fixed persist security info case problem
	- Fixed GetBool so that 1, true, "true", and "yes" all count as trueWL# 2024 Make parameter mark configurable 
	- Added the "old syntax" connection string parameter to allow use of @ parameter marker
	- Fixed Bug#4658	 MySqlCommandBuilder
	- Fixed Bug#4864	 ByteFX.MySqlClient caches passwords if 'Persist Security Info' is false
	- Updated license banner in all source files to include FLOSS exception
	- Added new .Types namespace and implementations for most current MySql types
	- Added MySqlField41 as a subclass of MySqlField
	- Changed many classes to now use the new .Types types
	- Changed type enum int to Int32, short to Int16, and bigint to Int64
	- Added dummy types UInt16, UInt32, and UInt64 to allow an unsigned parameter to be made
	- Connections are now reset when they are pulled from the connection pool
	- Refactored auth code in driver so it can be used for both auth and reset
	- Added UserReset test in PoolingTests.cs
	- Connections are now reset using COM_CHANGE_USER when pulled from the pool
	- Implemented SingleResultSet behavior
	- Implemented support of unicode 
	- Added char set mappings for utf-8 and ucs-2
	- fixed Bug #4520  	time fields overflow using bytefx .net mysql driver
	- Modified time test in data type test fixture to check for time spans where hours > 24
	- Fixed Bug #4505 Wrong string with backslash escaping in ByteFx.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlParameter
	- Added code to Parameter test case TestQuoting to test for backslashes
	- Fixed Bug #4486 mysqlcommandbuilder fails with multi-word column names
	- Fixed bug in TokenizeSql where underscore would terminate character capture in parameter name
	- Added test case for spaces in column names
	- Fixed bug# 4324 - MySqlDataReader.GetBytes don't works correctly
	- Added GetBytes() test case to DataReader test fixture
	- Now reading all server variables in InternalConnection.Configure into Hashtable
	- Now  using string[] for index map in CharSetMap
	- Added CRInSQL test case for carriage returns in SQL
	- setting maxPacketSize to default value in Driver.ctor
	- Fixed bug #4442 - Setting MySqlDbType on a parameter doesn't set generic type
	- Removed obsolete column types Long and LongLong
	- Fixed bug# 4071 - Overflow exception thrown when using "use pipe" on connection string
	- Changed "use pipe" keyword to "pipe name" or just "pipe"
	- Allow reading multiple resultsets from a single query
	- Added flags attribute to ServerStatusFlags enum
	- Changed name of ServerStatus enum to ServerStatusFlags
	- Fixed BUG #4386 - Inserted data row doesn't update properly
	- Fixed bug #4074 - Error processing show create table
	- Change Packet.ReadLenInteger to ReadPackedLong and added packet.ReadPackedInteger that alwasy reads integers packed with 2,3,4
	- Added syntax.cs test fixture to test various SQL syntax bugs
	- Fixed bug# 4149 Improper handling of time values.  Now time value of 00:00:00 is not treated as null.
	- Moved all test suite files into TestSuite folder
	- Fixed bug where null column would move the result packet pointer backward
	- Added new nant build script
	- Fixed BUG #3917 - clear tablename so it will be regen'ed properly during the next GenerateSchema.
	- Fixed bug #3915 - GetValues was always returning zero and was also always trying to copy all fields rather than respecting the size of the array passed in.
	- Implemented shared memory access protocol
	- Implemented prepared statements for MySQL 4.1
	- Implemented stored procedures for MySQL 5.0
	- Renamed MySqlInternalConnection to InternalConnection
	- SQL is now parsed as chars, fixes problems with other languages
	- Added logging and allow batch connection string options
	- Fixed bug #3888 - RowUpdating event not set when setting the DataAdapter property
	- Fixed bug in char set mapping
	- Implemented 4.1 authentication
	- Improved open/auth code in driver
	- Improved how connection bits are set during connection
	- Database name is now passed to server during initial handshake
	- Changed namespace for client to MySql.Data.MySqlClient
	- Changed assembly name of client to MySql.Data.dll
	- Changed license text in all source files to GPL

==================================================================
Transition to BitKeeper complete
==================================================================
6/18/2004
* Added the MySqlClient.build Nant file
* Removed the mono batch files
* Moved some of the unused files into notused folder so nant build file can use wildcards

6/17/2004 (this note covers several weeks of work)
* Implemented shared memory accesss
* Major revamp in code structure
* Prepared statements now working for MySql 4.1.1 and later

5/21/2004
* Finished implementing auth for 4.0, 4.1.0, and 4.1.1
* Changed namespace from MySQL.Data.MySQLClient back to MySql.Data.MySqlClient
* Fixed bug in CharSetMapping where it was trying to use text names as ints 

5/17/2004 (and changes up to this date)
* Changed namespace to MySQL.Data.MySQLClient
* Integrated auth changes from UC2004


======================================================================
ACQUIRED BY MYSQL
======================================================================
3/17/2004
Fixed bug where calling any of the GetXXX methods on a datareader before or after reading data would not throw
the appropriate exception (thanks Luca Morelli <morelli.luca@iol.it>)
Added TimeSpan code in parameter.cs to properly serialize a timespan object to mysql time format (thanks Gianluca Colombo <g.colombo@alfi.it>)

3/16/2004
Added TimeStamp to parameter serialization code.  Prevented DataAdatper updates from working right (thanks MIchael King)

3/14/2004
Fixed a misspelling in MySqlHelper.cs (thanks Patrick Kristiansen)

=============0.76 released===============================

3/12/2004
MySql - Driver now using charset number given in handshake to create encoding

3/11/2004
MySql - Changed command editor to point to MySqlClient.Design

3/4/2004
Common - Fixed bug in Version.isAtLeast
Common - Changed DBConnectionString to support changes done to MySqlConnectionString
Common - Removed SqlCommandEditor and DataAdapterPreviewDialog

3/3/2004
MySql - Using new long return values in many places
MySql - Integrated new CompressedStream class

3/2/2004
MySql - Changed ConnectionString and added attributes to allow it to be used in MySqlClient.Design
MySql - Changed packet.cs to support newer lengths in ReadLenInteger
MySql - changed other classes to use new properties and fields of MySqlConnectionString
MySql - ConnectionInternal is now using PING to see if the server is alive

3/1/2004
MySql - Moved toolbox bitmaps into resource/
MySql - Changed field.cs to allow values to come directly from row buffer

2/25/2004
MySql - Changed to use the new driver.Send syntax
MySql - Using a new packet queueing system
MySql - started work handling the "broken" compression packet handling

2/20/2004
Common - Fixed bug in StreamCreator where failure to connect to a host would continue
to loop infinitly (thanks Kevin Casella)

2/8/2004
MySql - Improved connectstring handling
MySql - Moved designers into Pro product

2/4/2004
MySql - Removed some old commented out code from command.cs
MySql - Fixed a problem with compression

2/2/2004
MySql - Fixed connection object where an exception throw prior to the connection opening would not leave
        the connection in the connecting state (thanks Chris Cline )

1/31/2004
MySql - Added GUID support
MySql - Fixed sequence out of order bug (thanks Mark Reay)

=========================== 0.75 released =============================

1/26/2004
MySql - Enum values now supported as parameter values (thanks Philipp Sumi)
1/22/2004
MySql - Year datatype now supported

1/21/2004
MySql - fixed compression

1/20/2004
MySql - Fixed bug where a parameter with a TimeSpan as the value would not serialize properly
MySql,Common - Fixed bug where default ctor would not set default connection string values
MySql - Added some XML comments to some members
MySql - Work to fix/improve compression handling

1/13/2004
MySql,Common - Improved ConnectionString handling so that it better matches the standard set by SqlClient.
MySql - A MySqlException is now thrown if a username is not included in the connection string
MySql- Localhost is now used as the default if not specified on the connection string
MySql - An exception is now thrown if an attempt is made to set the connection string while the connection is open
MySql - Small changes to ConnectionString docs
MySql,common - Removed MultiHostStream and MySqlStream.  Replaced it with Common/StreamCreator
MySql - Added support for Use Pipe connection string value
MySql - Added Platform class for easier access to platform utility functions
MySql - Fixed small pooling bug where new connection was not getting created after IsAlive fails
Common - Added Platform.cs and StreamCreator.cs

12/30/2003
MySql - Fixed Field.cs to properly handle 4.1 style timestamps
MySql - Changed Common.Version to Common.DBVersion to avoid name conflict


12/29/2003
MySql - Fixed field.cs so that text columns return the right field type (thanks beni27@gmx.net)

12/22/2003
MySql - Added MySqlError class to provide some reference for error codes (thanks Geert Veenstra)

------------0.74 released ------------------------

12/6/2003
MySql - Added Unix socket support (thanks Mohammad DAMT [md@mt.web.id])

12/4/2003
MySql - only calling Thread.Sleep when no data is available
MySql - improved escaping of quote characters in parameter data
MySql - removed misleading comments from parameter.cs

12/1/2003
Mysql -fixed pooling bug
MySql - same pooling bug fixed again!!  ;-)

11/30/2003
MySql - Fixed ConnectionSTring editor dialog (thanks marco p (pomarc))
Common - UserId now supported in connection strings (thanks Jeff Neeley)
MySql - Attempting to create a parameter that is not input throws an exception (thanks Ryan Gregg)

11/29/2003 
MySql - Added much documentation

11/26/2003
MySql - checked in new MultiHostStream capability.  Big thanks to Dan Guisinger for this.  he originally submitted the code and idea of supporting multiple machines on the connect string.

11/25/2003
MySql - Added alot of documentation.  Still alot to do.

11/24/2003
MySql - Fixed speed issue with 0.73

11/14/2003
MySql - changed to Thread.Sleep(0) in MySqlDataStream to help optimize the case where it doesn't need to wait (thanks Todd German)
11/1/2003
MySql - Prepopulating the idlepools to MinPoolSize

10/31/2003
MySql - Fixed MySqlPool deadlock condition as well as stupid bug where CreateNewPooledConnection
        was not ever adding new connections to the pool.
	Also fixed MySqlStream.ReadBytes and ReadByte to not use TicksPerSecond which does not appear
	to always be right.
	(thanks Matthew J. Peddlesden)
MySql - Fix for precision and scale (thanks Matthew J. Peddlesden)

10/28/2003
MySql - Added Thread.Sleep(1) to stream reading methods to be more cpu friendly (thanks Sean McGinnis)

10/24/2003
MySql - Fixed problem where ExecuteReader would sometime return null (thanks Lloyd Dupont )

10/17/2003
MySql - Fixed major bug with null field handling (thanks Naucki)

10/15/2003
MySql - enclosed queries for max_allowed_packet and characterset inside try catch (and set defaults)
MySql - fixed problem where socket was not getting closed properly (thanks Steve!)

10/14/2003
MySql - Fixed problem where ExecuteNonQuery was not always returning the right value

10/13/2003
MySql - Fixed InternalConnection to not use @@session.max_allowed_packet but use @@max_allowed_packet.  (Thanks Miguel)

10/12/2003
MySql - Added many new XML doc lines

10/10/2003
MySql - Fixed sql parsing to not send empty queries (thanks Rory)
MySql - Fixed problem where the reader was not unpeeking the packet on close
MySql - Fixed problem where user variables were not being handled (thanks Sami Vaaraniemi)
MySql - Fixed loop checking in the MySqlPool (thanks Steve M. Brown)

10/7/2003
MySql - Fixed ParameterCollection.Add method to match SqlClient (thanks Joshua Mouch)
Common & MySql - Fixed ConnectionSTring parsing to handle no and yes for boolean and not lowercase values (thanks Naucki)

10/3/2003
MySql - Added InternalConnection class, changes to pooling
Common - Implemented Persist Security Info

9/26/2003
Common - Added security.cs and version.cs to project

9/25/2003
MySql - Fixed DateTime handling in Parameter.cs (thanks Burkhard Perkens-Golomb)
MySql - Fixed parameter serialization where some types would throw a cast exception
MySql - Fixed DataReader to convert all returned values to prevent casting errors (thanks Keith Murray)
MySql - Added code to Command.ExecuteReader to return null if the initial SQL command throws an exception (thanks Burkhard Perkens-Golomb)

9/24/2003
MySql - Fixed ExecuteScalar bug introduced with restructure

9/23/2003
MySql - Restructure to allow for LOCAL DATA INFILE and better sequencing of packets
MySql - Fixed several bugs related to restructure.

9/10/2003
MySql - Early work done to support more secure passwords in Mysql 4.1.  Old passwords in 4.1 not supported yet

8/22/2003
MySql- Parameters appearing after system parameters are now handled correctly (Adam M. (adammil))
MySql - strings can now be assigned directly to blob fields (Adam M.)

8/20/2003
MySql - Fixed float parameters (thanks Pent)

8/7/2003
MySql - Improved Parameter ctor and ParameterCollection.Add methods to better match SqlClient (thx Joshua Mouch )
MySql - Corrected Connection.CreateCommand to return a MySqlCommand type
MySql - Fixed connection string designer dialog box problem (thanks Abraham Guyt)

7/24/2003
MySql - Fixed problem with sending commands not always reading the response packet (thanks Joshua Mouch )
MySql - Fixed parameter serialization where some blobs types were not being handled (thanks Sean McGinnis )

7/22/2003
MySql - Removed spurious MessageBox.show from DataReader code (thanks Joshua Mouch )

7/17/2003
MySql - Fixed a nasty bug in the split sql code (thanks everyone! :-) )

*************Released 0.71***********************
7/15/2003
MySql - Fixed bug in MySqlStream where too much data could attempt to be read (thanks Peter Belbin)

7/11/2003
MySql - Implemented HasRows (thanks Nash Pherson)
MySql - Fixed bug where tables with more than 252 columns cause an exception ( thanks Joshua Kessler )
MySql - Fixed bug where SQL statements ending in ; would cause a problem ( thanks Shane Krueger )
MySql - Fixed bug in driver where error messsages were getting truncated by 1 character (thanks Shane Krueger)

7/6/2003
========MySql===============
* Made MySqlException serializable (thanks Mathias Hasselmann)

========PgSql===============
* Made PgSqlException serializable (thanks Mathias Hasselmann)

***********Released 0.70*********************

6/25/2003
========MySql===============
* Updated some of the character code pages to be more accurate
* Fixed problem where readers could be opened on connections that had readers open
* Release of 0.70

6/20/2003
========MySql===============
* Moved test to separate assembly MySqlClientTests

6/19/2003
========MySql===============
* Fixed stupid problem in driver with sequence out of order (Thanks Peter Belbin)

6/18/2003
========MySql===============
* Added some pipe tests
* Increased default max pool size to 50
* Compiles with Mono 0-24

6/17/2003
========MySql===============
* Fixed connection and data reader dispose problems
* Added String datatype handling to parameter serialization

6/13/2003
========MySql===============
* Fixed sequence problem in driver that occured after thrown exception
  (thanks Burkhard Perkens-Golomb)

6/10/2003
========MySql===============
* Added support for CommandBehavior.SingleRow to DataReader
* Fixed command sql processing so quotes are better handled (thanks Theo Spears)

6/9/2003
========MySQL===============
* Fixed parsing of double, single, and decimal values to account for non-English separators.
  You still have to use the right syntax if you using hard coded sql, but if you use parameters
  the code will convert floating point types to use '.' appropriately internal both into the server
  and out.
  [ Thanks anonymous ]
* Added MySqlStream class to simplify timeOuts and driver coding.
* Fixed DataReader so that it is closed properly when the associated connection is closed.  
  [thanks smishra]
* Made client more SqlClient compliant so that DataReaders have to be closed before the connection
  can be used to run another command
* Improved DBNull.Value handling in the fields
* Added several unit tests
* Fixed MySqlException so that the base class is actually called  :-o
* Improved driver coding

=============PgSql=================
* Too many changes to document. Still basic structuring of driver.  Driver not really usable yet.



5/28/2003
* Fixed bug where NextResult was returning false on the last resultset
* Added more tests for MySQL
* Improved casting problems by equating unsigned 32bit values to Int64 and usigned 16bit values to Int32, etc

5/6/2003
* Added new ctor for MySqlParameter for (name, type, size, srccol)
* Fixed bug in MySqlDataReader where it didn't check for null fieldlist before returning field count

4/23/2003
* Started adding MySqlClient unit tests (added MySqlClient/Tests folder and some test cases)
* Fixed some things in Connection String handling

4/7/2003
* Moved INIT_DB to MySqlPool.  I may move it again, this is in preparation of the conference.

4/6/2003
* Fixed bug inside CommandBuilder that prevented inserts from happening properly
* Reworked some of the internals so that all three execute methods of Command worked properly
* FIxed many small bugs found during benchmarking

4/5/2003
* The first cut of CoonectionPooling is working. "min pool size" and "max pool size" are respected.

4/3/2003
* Work to enable multiple resultsets to be returned
* Character sets are handled much more intelligently now.  The driver queries MySQL at startup for the default character set.
  That character set is then used for conversions if that code page can be loaded.  If not, then the default code
  page for the current OS is used.  

3/31/2003
* Added code to save the inferred type in the name,value ctor of Parameter
* Also, inferred type if value of null parameter is changed using Value property
* Converted all files to use proper Camel case.  MySQL is now MySql in all files.  PgSQL is now PgSql
* Added attribute to PgSql code to prevent designer from trying to show

3/17/2003
* Added MySQLDbType property to Parameter object and added proper conversion code to convert from DbType to MySQLDbType)
* Removed unused ObjectToString method from MySQLParameter.cs
* Fixed Add(..) method in ParameterCollection so that it doesn't use Add(name, value) instead.
* Fixed IndexOf and Contains in ParameterCollection to be aware that parameter names are now stored without @ 
* Fixed Command.ConvertSQLToBytes so it only allows characters that can be in MySQL variable names
* Fixed DataReader and Field so that blob fields read their data from Field.cs and GetBytes works right
* Added simple query builder editor to CommandText property of MySQLCommand
* Fixed CommandBuilder and Parameter serialization to account for Parameters not storing @ in their names
* Removed MySQLFieldType enum from Field.cs.  Now using MySQLDbType enum

3/15/2003
* Added Designer attribute to several classes to prevent designer view when using VS.Net

3/13/2003
* Fixed Initial catalog typo in ConnectionString designer
* Removed 3 parameter ctor for MySQLParameter that conflicted with (name, type, value)
* changed MySQLParameter so paramName is now stored without leading @ (this fixed null inserts when using designer)
* Changed TypeConverter for MySQLParameter to use the ctor with all properties

0.68
========================================================================
Note that this build has not been checked out with Mono.  

3/10/2003
* Fixed sequence issue in driver

3/9/2003
* Added DbParametersEditor to make parameter editing more like SqlClient
* Fixed Command class so that parameters can be edited using the designer

3/7/2003
* Update connection string designer to support Use Compression flag

2/15/2003
* Fixed string encoding so that European characters like  will work correctly

2/9/2003
* Creating base classes to aid in building new data providers
* Added support for UID key in connection string

2/10/2003
* Field, parameter, command now using DBNull.Value instead of null
* CommandBuilder using DBNull.Value
* CommandBuilder now builds insert command correctly when an auto_insert field is not present
* Field now uses typeof keyword to return System.Types (performance)

0.65
====================
* MySQLCommandBuilder now implemented
* Transaction support now implemented (not all table types support this)
* GetSchemaTable fixed to not use xsd (for Mono)
* Driver is now Mono-compatible!!
* TIME data type now supported
* More work to improve Timestamp data type handling
* Changed signatures of all classes to match corresponding SqlClient classes

0.60
======================
* Protocol compression  using SharpZipLib (www.icsharpcode.net)
* Named pipes on Windows now working properly
* Work done to improve Timestamp data type handling
* Implemented IEnumerable on DataReader so DataGrid would work
 
0.50
======================
* Speed increased dramatically by removing bugging network sync code
* Driver no longer buffers rows of data (more ADO.Net compliant)
* Conversion bugs related to TIMESTAMP and DATETIME fields fixed
