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Chapter 27. Connectors

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27.1. MySQL Connector/ODBC     [+/-]
27.2. MySQL Connector/NET     [+/-]
27.3. MySQL Visual Studio Plugin     [+/-]
27.4. MySQL Connector/J     [+/-]
27.5. MySQL Connector/MXJ     [+/-]
27.6. Connector/PHP

This chapter describes MySQL Connectors, drivers that provide connectivity to the MySQL server for client programs. There are currently five MySQL Connectors:

  • Connector/ODBC provides driver support for connecting to a MySQL server using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) API. Support is available for ODBC connectivity from Windows, Unix and Mac OS X platforms.

  • Connector/NET enables developers to create .NET applications that use data stored in a MySQL database. Connector/NET implements a fully-functional ADO.NET interface and provides support for use with ADO.NET aware tools. Applications that want to use Connector/NET can be written in any of the supported .NET languages.

  • The MySQL Visual Studio Plugin works with Connector/NET and Visual Studio 2005. The plugin is a MySQL DDEX Provider, which means that you can use the schema and data manipulation tools within Visual Studio to create and edit objects within a MySQL database.

  • Connector/J provides driver support for connecting to MySQL from a Java application using the standard Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API.

  • Connector/MXJ is a tool that enables easy deployment and management of MySQL server and database through your Java application.

  • Connector/PHP is a Windows-only connector for PHP that provides the mysql and mysqli extensions for use with MySQL 5.0.18 and later.

For information on connecting to a MySQL server using other languages and interfaces than those detailed above, including Perl, Python and PHP for other platforms and environments, please refer to the Chapter 26, APIs and Libraries chapter.