dotConnect for MySQL is an enhanced database connectivity solution built over ADO.NET architecture and a development framework with a number of innovative technologies. With state of the art ORM solutions such as Entity framework and LINQ to SQL it introduces new approaches for designing applications. Key Features * Flexible Connectivity dotConnect for MySQL can operate in Direct mode without MySQL client library and in Client mode with usage of libmysql.dll. * Database Application Development Extensions dotConnect for MySQL has a rich set of design time tools that leverage the development process greatly. Particularly there are convenient design time component editors wizards and managers toolset for live data binding DDEX a and much more. * MySQL Advanced Features Support dotConnect for MySQL allows developers to harness full capabilities of the MySQL server. dotConnect for MySQL supports such MySQL-specific features as secure SSL and SSH connections embedded server compression protocol HTTP tunneling and others. * ORM Support dotConnect for MySQL offers enhanced ORM support with a bundled visual designer for ORM models - Entity Developer. dotConnect for MySQL supports Entity framework v1 and v4 NHibernate and LinqConnect (formerly LINQ to MySQL) - our own ORM solution closely compatible to Microsoft LINQ to SQL while extending its functionality with its own features. dotConnect for MySQL supports MySQL server versions 6.05.5 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.1 4.0 and 3.23 including embedded servers (starting with 4.1). It works with .NET framework 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.0 .NET Compact framework 2.0 and higher and Mono version 2.0 and above. dotConnect for MySQL supports Visual Studio 11 Beta and Entity framework 5.0 Beta 1. Development environments: *Visual Studio 2005 2008 and 2010 *Delphi Prism *RAD Studio 2007 In 6.70 version users can enjoy the support of Entity framework 4.3 Beta 1 (Code First Migrations).