[ILUG] MySQL mixing versions

[Kae Verens]

Niall O Broin wrote:

> Can a program built with MySQL API ver. A.B.C connect to a MySQL 
> server running ver.  D.E.F. for all values of D.E.F. > A.B.C. or does 
> there come a point, with a sufficiently large delta, where this will 
> not work?
>
> I have asked Uncle Google, but he was not very informative, apart from 
> finding people asking more or less the same question.


I have not come across any problems, but my guess is that it should work 
where the client's major number is equal to the server's major number. 
The minor numbers most likely use the same network protocols.

Kae