[Mono-list] MySQL Connector/NET vs Mono

[Martin Hinks]

Hi,

I had lots of problems using the MySQL Connector under Mono and
eventually reverted to using ByteFX - supported or not!

However, If Joe's way works, then that is cool.

On 9/8/05, Joe Audette <joe_audette at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have been using the MySQL Connector in mono for
> quite a while with no trouble at all in my project at
> http://www.mojoportal.com
> 
> I compile it on Windows and deploy it to the bin
> folder of my web on linux and it works fine for me. I
> don't think I am using the very latest version of the
> Connector though, I think I am only 1 version behind
> the current Connector release.
> 
> Hope it helps,
> 
> Joe
> 
> --- Brion Vibber <brion at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> > The documentation at
> > http://www.mono-project.com/MySQL strongly suggests
> > that MySQL's Connector/NET should be used in
> > preference to the ByteFX
> > driver that ships with Mono.
> >
> > However the current release of MySQL Connector/NET
> > (1.0.5) appears to be
> > Windows-specific; it attempts to make native calls
> > into some ws2_32.dll
> > and fails to work on Mono on eg Linux or Mac OS X.
> >
> > Do we know if this is just a packaging bug (MySQL
> > forgot to build a
> > portable-friendly binary?) or if MySQL is
> > specifically abandoning Mono
> > and cross-platform compatibility?
> >
> > Should Mono's online documentation be updated to
> > reflect this?
> >
> > -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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Martin Hinks
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