The main features of dbx4mysql are:

• Licensed per a developer without royalty fee;
• Access to MySQL server through the native network protocol directly;
• Support for embedded MySQL (libmysqld.dll)
• Support for MySQL client library (libmysql.dll)
• High performance;
• Supports latest versions of MySQL;
• All MySQL data types support;
• Transaction support (note: custom transaction xilCUSTOM are mapped as SERIALIZABLE);
• Complete fields information support;
• Automatic detection for the old/new password algorithm (including the handling of the special 4.1.0 passwords);
• Automatic detection of the client library version (old vs new).
• Native SSL implementation (without any external libraries).

Compatibility:

• dbx4mysql supports MySQL server 5.x, 4.1.x, 4.0.x and 3.23.x;
• dbx4mysql works with Delphi 7, Delphi 6, C++ Builder 6.

dbx4mysql features:

• Native connection to MySQL, through direct network protocol implementation, royalty free, without any external library;
• MySQL 3.23;
• MySQL 4.0x;
• MySQL 4.1x;
• MySQL 5.x;
• MySQL embedded library support;
• Client library support;
• Automatic client library version detection;
• Automatic password protocol detection including 4.1.0 special implementation;
• Large blobs support;
• Complete MySQL field types support;
• Full transactions support;
• Full metadata support:
      - tables;
      - columns;
      - indices;
      - object list: databases, tables, users.
• Compressed protocol support;
• Embeded native SSL support, without any external library.