Hi Victor,
You should be able to use ADO / OLE DB technology as well. I haven't heard of anyone using ADO with mysql, but I do know customers that have used it for access and it was much faster than ODBC.
You can get OLE DB drivers for mysql from their website,
http://exchange.ni.com/servlet/Redirect?id=9277868
And I would be interested in hearing about how it works for you, so please let us know your progress.
Duffey