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MySQL Connector/ODBC, once known as MyODBC, is computer software from Oracle Corporation. It is an ODBC interface and allows programming languages that support the ODBC interface to communicate with a MySQL database. MySQL Connector/ODBC was originally created by MySQL AB.
History
3.51 - ANSI version only.
5.1 - Unicode version only. Suitable for use with any MySQL server version since MySQL 4.1, including MySQL 5.0, 5.1, and 6.0.
5.2 - ANSI and Unicode versions available at install time.
5.3 - ANSI and Unicode versions available at install time. Conforms to the ODBC 3.8 specification.