Fixed charset issues with database metadata (charset was not getting set correctly).

You can now toggle profiling on/off using Connection.setProfileSql(boolean).

4.1 Column Metadata fixes.

Fixed MysqlPooledConnection.close() calling wrong event type.

Fixed StringIndexOutOfBoundsException in PreparedStatement.setClob().

IOExceptions during a transaction now cause the Connection to be closed.

Remove synchronization from Driver.connect() and Driver.acceptsUrl().

Fixed missing conversion for YEAR type in ResultSetMetaData.getColumnTypeName().

Updatable ResultSets can now be created for aliased tables/columns when connected to MySQL-4.1 or newer.

Fixed LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE bug when file > max_allowed_packet.

Don't pick up indexes that start with pri as primary keys for DBMD.getPrimaryKeys().

Ensure that packet size from alignPacketSize() does not exceed max_allowed_packet (JVM bug)

Don't reset Connection.isReadOnly() when autoReconnecting.

Fixed escaping of 0x5c ('\') character for GBK and Big5 charsets.

Fixed ResultSet.getTimestamp() when underlying field is of type DATE.

Throw SQLExceptions when trying to do operations on a forcefully closed Connection (that is, when a communication link failure occurs).