[ILUG] MySQL mixing versions

[John Reilly]

On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 09:55 +0100, John P. Looney wrote:
> 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 ?

I did have a problem trying to connect using a v3 jdbc driver to a v4
db.  I can't remember the exact error, but I think it complained about
the protocol.