Hi, Chris,

I was suggesting that you pass the empty string to
MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_FILE, yes.

/Sergei

On Jul 30, Chris Ross (cross2) wrote:
> Ahh, okay.  So the updated documentation will suggest passing an
> empty string to MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_FILE, and that will do what
> It erroneously said it would do with a NULL?  Or, were you suggesting
> specifically that I pass an empty string for GROUP?
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
>   *   Chris
> 
> From: Sergei Golubchik <[email protected]>
> Date: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 12:27
> To: Chris Ross (cross2) <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [MariaDB discuss] mariadb connector/c client not using SSL
> Hi, Chris,
> 
> On Jul 25, Chris Ross (cross2) wrote:
> > Good.  Okay, thank you.  So I was of course following the
> > documentation.  I hope you can figure out how to fix that, I presume
> > this is just a bug that the code is wrong, and the implementation
> > should match the doc?
> 
> I didn't know when I was replying, that's why I only said that "we'll
> fix the discrepancy".
> 
> It seems that the documentation was incorrect. I've fixed it to
> describe the intended behavior.
> 
> > As you suggested, specifying a group causes it to work.  That way I
> > won’t have to hard-code a config file path, but I also would rather
> > not have to hard-code a group.  “client” is safe for me now I think,
> > but since the documentation suggests multiple groups that are
> > relevant, it’s a small risk to code one that could later change.
> 
> You don't need to hard-code a group, you can use an empty string for
> the file name to have the desired behavior of "all default groups in
> all default files".
> 
> Regards,
> Sergei
> Chief Architect, MariaDB Server
> and [email protected]
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