Description

dotConnect for MySQL is a high-performance ORM enabled data provider for MySQL that builds on ADO.NET technology to present a complete solution for developing MySQL-based database applications. It introduces new approaches for designing application architecture, boosts productivity, and facilitates the development of database applications.

Our ADO.NET MySQL provider supports a wide range of MySQL-specific features, such as secure SSL and SSH connections, embedded server, compression protocol, HTTP tunneling and others.

Advanced Visual Studio Integration with MySQL
dotConnect for MySQL provides a vast number of GUI tools that increase your productivity. For example, it includes DataSet tools, such as DataSet Wizard, DataSet Editor, DataSet Manager, provide you an easy way to create and edit typed and untyped DataSets.

MySQL ADO.NET Provider supports advanced Visual Studio integration (DDEX) and provides convenient visual component editors to simplify component tweaking.

ADO.NET Provider with .NET Core and Entity Framework Support
dotConnect for MySQL was the first MySQL database provider to support .NET Core and Entity Framework Core, and we work hard to support new platforms and development technologies as soon as they are released.

MySQL support: from 3.23 to 8.0, Percona, and MariaDB
Visual Studio support: 2008 – 2019
Platforms support:
.NET 5.0, 6.0 compatibility
macOS 11 Arm64 (or "Apple Silicon" or "Apple M1") support
Windows 11 is supported
Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 is supported.
Full .NET Framework 2.0 – 4.8
.NET Core 1.x, 2.x, and 3.0
.NET Compact Framework 2.0 and above
Mono 2.0 and above

Enhanced ORM Support
dotConnect for MySQL offers enhanced ORM support with a bundled visual designer for ORM models - Entity Developer. Our MySQL ADO.NET Provider supports the following ORMs:

Entity Framework v1 - v6
Entity Framework Core 1.x, 2.x, 3.x, 5.0, and 6.0
NHibernate
LinqConnect
Dapper

10.0.0 22-Dec-25

Added support for MariaDB 12
Added support for .NET 10
Added support for Visual Studio 2026
Added support for Visual Studio 2026 Insiders, version 18.3
Added trial product activation
Added license key-based licensing for .NET Framework assemblies
Added the License Key connection string parameter for .NET Framework assemblies
Added support for high-performance batch updates
Added support for modern SSH encryption and key exchange algorithms
Added support for SingleStore (formerly MemSQL)
Added the SingleStore value to the MySqlServerType enumeration
Added support for SQL Server Reporting Services versions 2017 (15), 2019 (16), and 2022 (17)
Fixed an issue with metadata retrieval for SingleStore

Entity Framework support

Updated support for Entity Framework Core 9 to version 9.0.11
Updated support for Entity Framework Core 8 to version 8.0.22
Fixed an issue with comparing variables or literal values in Entity Framework Core 9
Fixed an issue with the Devart.Data.MySql.EFCore NuGet package on Apple Mac computers with the M3 (ARM64) chip
Fixed an issue with Performance Profiler in Visual Studio 2022 or later

LinqConnect

Fixed an issue with the dotConnect for MySQL Professional Edition license key when using LinqConnect functionality
Fixed an issue with the EntitySet.ListChanged event
Fixed an issue that caused the ''Cannot convert 'System.Decimal' to MySQL type 'MySqlType.BigInt'' error in MySQL LINQ queries

Additional Information