MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1

Connector/ODBC 5.1 is a partial rewrite of the of the Connector/ODBC 3.51 code base and is designed to work with all versions of MySQL from 4.1. It's a complete implementation of the ODBC Core interface, plus more Level 1 and Level 2 functionality of the ODBC specification than that currently supported by Connector/ODBC 3.51.

Some impovements over the 3.51 release includes:

Improved support on Windows 64-bit platforms.

Full Unicode support at the driver level.

Support for the SQL_NUMERIC_STRUCT datatype, which provides easier access to the precise definition of numeric values.

Native Windows setup library. (Replaces the Qt library based interface for configuring DSN information within the ODBC Data Sources application.)

Support for the ODBC descriptor, which improves the handling and metadata of columns and parameter data.


To get all functionality from the ODBC 5.1 driver (like transaction support) you should use it against MySQL 4.1 or above.

More info about this driver can be found at the MySQL product page.

ODBC Driver (MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1) can be downloaded here.