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== MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.2 ==
Available in either 32-bit or 64-bit varients.
"Connector/ODBC 5.2, currently in beta status, upgrades which includes the ANSI driver functionality of 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 the Unicode driver for the broadest compatibility with data sources using various character sets, or and the ANSI driver for optimal performance with a more limited range of character sets. It works with MySQL versions 4.1, which formerly were split between Connector/ODBC 5.1 and higherConnector/ODBC 3.51"
"With MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.2 (currently in beta status) now offering both ANSI and At installation time, you can choose the Unicode driversdriver for the broadest compatibility with data sources using various character sets, you should expect to upgrade [from version 3or the ANSI driver for optimal performance with a more limited range of character sets.51] relatively soon after 5It works with MySQL versions 4.2 becomes generally available1.1 and higher." - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/connector-odbc-versions.html
"With MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.2 ... now offering both ANSI and Unicode drivers, you should expect to upgrade [from version 3.51] relatively soon after 5.2 becomes generally available." - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/connector-odbc-versions.html
"LibreOffice requires a 32bit ODBC driver and needs to be configured with the 32bit ODBC administrator."
== MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1 ==