> Steve Teale wrote:
>> It looks as if it is not a big deal to use the MySQL protocol rather
>> than the client library. I can now log in that way, so the rest should
>> follow, and I am working on the changeover. The current MySQL protocol
>> has been around since version 4.1.
>
Unfortunately I am now reasonably sure that such documentation as there
is about the protocol tells lies. So getting it right is going to be like
trench warfare. I was hoping to do it without resorting to dissection of
the MySQL source code, but the latter may be required.
