[ILUG] MySQL mixing versions

John P. Looney valen at tuatha.org
Thu Sep 15 09:55:05 IST 2005


On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 09:24:28AM +0100, Kae Verens mentioned:
> 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.

 I've had no problems with mysql3 clients talking to a mysql4 server, so
certainly it seems the guys have striven for backwards compatibility.
Anyone got a mysql2 client binary floating around ?

John

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