Malformed Packet

Using the C API I'm getting this on some of my queries, however if I run the query on a different mysql connection, it seems to run fine: Errmsg: Malformed packet Errno: 2027 Any Ideas? -Ryan.

design question

This question came up at work today, would like to get some fellow developer's opinions: Scenario 1: 2 tables to track checks in terms of HD space a separate table would have been smaller since the checks table grows at 1000+ per week, but there would only be a handful of returned checks. In t