Re: 5.0 backward application supp

2005-10-04 Thread Gleb Paharenko
Hello. In my opinion, libmysqlclient should be compatible with previous servers. It supports the old authentication protocol and mysql client program from the 5.0 distribution is able to work with old servers. If you want you may look through change sets to find out if something dramatica

5.0 backward application supp

2005-10-03 Thread Barbara Deaton
I currently have an application that is written on the 4.0 C API, but supports both 4.1 and 4.0 client/server. My question is if I move my application to support 5.0 and some of the new API's will the 5.0 Application/client be able to communicate with a 4.1 or 4.0 server? I support windows, HP