Hi Walter,
MySql 5.1 just came out as an official release. Several times while it was in beta and release candidate mode people reported problems like this. I never reported it to them but hoped they would have it fixed before the final release. Possibly you could check if there is a newer version of the MySql connector for .NET and maybe that will fix it and maybe not, but the easiest thing would be to uninstall MySql 5.1 and install 5.0. I am pretty sure that will solve it.
Best,
Joe