writing thread safe code

Does anyone have any suggests on how to write thread safe programs with the mysql c api? I\'ve heard a lot about it and know that i\'m going to do it i just don\'t want to have to learn the hard way. - Dan Posted via Project Horizon http://www.projecthorizon.com --

Re: how to backup mySQL database?

This is the way i do it: - write a script that will run mysqldump on the database of choice and then pipe the result though gzip (this is only to reduce the size) - the script also copies the new backup over the old one where every you may be backing it up - run this script with cron every nigh

writing thread safe code

Does anyone have any tips on writing programs with threads using the mysql c api? I didn\'t want to have to learn it the hard way. - Dan Posted via Project Horizon http://www.projecthorizon.com - Before posting, please che