Requirements and compatibility

Before installation, ensure that your system meets the necessary requirements and that your environment is compatible with supported platforms and tools.

Requirements

Only one version of the driver can be installed on your system at a time.

Note

The driver does not require MySQL client libraries.

Compatibility

Databases and cloud services

The driver supports seamless integration with MySQL, ensuring compatibility with:

• MySQL: 9.0, 8.0, 6.0, 5.7, 5.6, 5.5, 5.1, 5.0, 4.1, 4.0, 3.23

• MariaDB: 5.x–12.x

• Microsoft Azure Database for MySQL

• Amazon RDS for MySQL

• Amazon Aurora

• Google Cloud SQL for MySQL

Platforms

The driver is compatible with the following operating systems:

• Windows (32-bit and 64-bit, including Windows Terminal Server)
• macOS (x64 and ARM/Apple Silicon M1)
• Linux (32-bit and 64-bit)

Compatibility with data integration tools

The driver integrates with a wide range of development environments, database management systems, BI tools, and office software. Please note that the following lists are not exhaustive.

Application development tools

• Adobe ColdFusion
• Embarcadero Delphi & C++Builder (UniDAC, FireDAC, dbGo (ADO), BDE, and dbExpress)
• FileMaker
• Lazarus
• Microsoft Visual FoxPro
• Microsoft Visual Studio (Server Explorer, ADO.NET ODBC Provider)
• Omnis Studio
• PHP
• PowerBASIC
• Python

Database management tools

• Aqua Data Studio
• dbForge Studio
• dBeaver
• EMS SQL Management Studio
• Informatica Cloud
• RazorSQL
• SQL Server Data Tools
• SQL Server Management Studio
• SQL Server Reporting Services

BI & analytics software

• Alteryx
• DBxtra
• Dundas BI
• IBM SPSS Statistics
• MicroStrategy
• Power BI
• Qlik Sense
• QlikView
• RStudio
• SAP Crystal Reports
• SAS JMP
• Tableau
• TARGIT
• TIBCO Spotfire

Office software suites

• LibreOffice
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Excel
• OpenOffice
• StarOffice

For more information on integrations, see MySQL Integrations Using ODBC Driver.