オリジナル版
http://lists.mysql.com/announce/834
MySQLデータベースサーバにアクセスするC APIの新バージョンであるMySQL Connector/C 6.1.0がリリースされました。
Connector/Cのこのバージョンは最新のMySQL 5.6に同梱されているクライアントライブラリと同じ機能をもっており、サーバ内のすべてのクライアント/サーバプロトコル機能をサポートします。完全なサーバをインストールすることなくMySQLサーババージョンの4.1から5.6と通信するアプリケーションの実行とビルドにConnector/Cを利用できます。
このリリースは、http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/c/のダウンロードページからソースと多くのプラットフォーム向けのバイナリを入手できます。
インストールに関する情報は、以下のドキュメントを参照ください
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-c/en/connector-c-installation.html
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MySQL Connector/C 6.1 provides these features not present in 6.0:
* Support for the pluggable authentication framework that
enables implementation of authentication methods as
plugins. This framework can be used for MySQL native
authentication as well as external authentication
methods. See Pluggable Authentication
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/pluggable-authentication.html).
* Client-side support for the SHA-256, PAM, and Windows
native authentication plugins. See The SHA-256
Authentication Plugin
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/sha256-authentication-plugin.html),
The PAM Authentication Plugin
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/pam-authentication-plugin.html),
The Windows Native Authentication Plugin
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/windows-authentication-plugin.html).
The older MySQL Connector/C 6.0 can connect only to
accounts that use native MySQL passwords. If a client
program attempts to connect to an account that requires a
different authentication method, an "Access denied for
user" error occurs.
* Support for connecting to accounts that have expired
passwords. See Password Expiration and Sandbox Mode
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/password-expiration.html).
* Support for prepared CALL
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/call.html)
statements. This enables client programs to handle stored
procedures that produce multiple result sets and to
obtain the final value of OUT and INOUT procedure
parameters. See C API Support for Prepared CALL
Statements
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/c-api-prepared-call-statements.html).
* Support for connecting over IPv6. See IPv6 Support
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/ipv6-support.html).
* Support for binding client programs to a specific IP
address at connect time. See mysql_options()
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/mysql-options.html).
* Support for specifying connection attributes to pass to
the server at connect time. See mysql_options()
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/mysql-options.html),
and mysql_options4()
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/mysql-options4.html).