Functionality added or changed:
- sql::mysql::MySQL_SQLExceptionwas removed. The distinction between server and client (connector) errors, based on the type of the exception, has been removed. However, the error code can still be checked to evaluate the error type.
- Support for (n)make install was added. You can change the default installation path. Carefully read the messages displayed after executing cmake. The following are installed: - Static and the dynamic version of the library, - libmysqlcppconn.
- Generic interface, - cppconn.
- Two MySQL specific headers: - mysql_driver.h, use this if you want to get your connections from the driver instead of instantiating a- MySQL_Connectionobject. This makes your code portable when using the common interface.- mysql_connection.h, use this if you intend to link directly to the- MySQL_Connectionclass and use its specifics not found in- sql::Connection.- However, you can make your application fully abstract by using the generic interface rather than these two headers. 
 
- Driver Manager was removed. 
- Added - ConnectionMetaData::getSchemas()and- Connection::setSchema().
- ConnectionMetaData::getCatalogTerm()returns not applicable, there is no counterpart to catalog in MySQL Connector/C++.
- Added experimental GCov support, cmake - -DMYSQLCPPCONN_GCOV_ENABLE:BOOL=1
- All examples can be given optional connection parameters on the command line, for example: - examples/connect tcp://host:port user pass database - or - examples/connect unix:///path/to/mysql.sock user pass database 
- Renamed - ConnectionMetaData::getTables: TABLE_COMMENTto- REMARKS.
- Renamed - ConnectionMetaData::getProcedures: PROCEDURE_SCHEMAto- PROCEDURE_SCHEM.
- Renamed - ConnectionMetaData::getPrimaryKeys(): COLUMNto- COLUMN_NAME,- SEQUENCEto- KEY_SEQ, and- INDEX_NAMEto- PK_NAME.
- Renamed - ConnectionMetaData::getImportedKeys(): PKTABLE_CATALOGto- PKTABLE_CAT,- PKTABLE_SCHEMAto- PKTABLE_SCHEM,- FKTABLE_CATALOGto- FKTABLE_CAT,- FKTABLE_SCHEMAto- FKTABLE_SCHEM.
- Changed metadata column name - TABLE_CATALOGto- TABLE_CATand- TABLE_SCHEMAto- TABLE_SCHEMto ensure JDBC compliance.
- Introduced experimental CPack support, see make help. 
- All tests changed to create TAP compliant output. 
- Renamed - sql::DbcMethodNotImplementedto- sql::MethodNotImplementedException
- Renamed - sql::DbcInvalidArgumentto- sql::InvalidArgumentException
- Changed - sql::DbcExceptionto implement the interface of JDBC's- SQLException. Renamed to- sql::SQLException.
- Converted Connector/J tests added. 
- MySQL Workbench 5.1 changed to use MySQL Connector/C++ for its database connectivity. 
- New directory layout.