Connector/ODBC Versions
These are the versions of Connector/ODBC that are currently available:
Connector/ODBC 5.2, currently in GA status, upgrades the ANSI driverof Connector/ODBC 3.51 to the 5.x code base. It also includes new features, such as enabling server-side prepared statements by default. At installation time, you can choose theUnicode driverfor the broadest compatibility with data sources using various character sets, or the ANSI driver for optimal performance with amore limited range of character sets. It works with MySQL versions 4.1.1 and higher.
MYSQL Connector/ODBC 提供了两个版本,一个是 ANSI driver 和 Unicode driver 两个版本。
Unicode driver 版本提供了更多字符集的支持,也就是提供了多语言的支持。而ANSI driver 版本是只针对有限的字符集的范围。
Connector/ODBC 5.1, now superseded by 5.2, is a partial rewrite of the of the 3.51 code base, and is designed to work with MySQL versions 4.1.1 and newer.
Connector/ODBC 5.1 also includes