4.4. MySQL ConnectorNET

4.4. MySQL Connector/NET

MySQL Connector/NET enables .NET applications to use MySQL. It is not based on the C client library. Instead, it is written in C# and implements the client/server communication protocol directly. Connections can be established using TCP/IP, Unix socket files, named pipes, or shared memory.

MySQL Connector/NET includes support for MySQL capabilities such as server-side prepared statements, stored routines, and Unicode.

MySQL Connector/NET is available for Windows. If you use Mono, the Open Source implementation of .NET developed by Novell, it is also available on Linux.