> How do I go about querying a mySQL server for version information?
SELECT VERSION()
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On Déar, 2001-12-13 at 14:42, Colin Hill wrote:
> How do I go about querying a mySQL server for version information?
mysql> select version();
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| version() |
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| 3.23.44-log |
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1 row in set (0.01 sec)
mysql>
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Colin Hill writes:
> How do I go about querying a mySQL server for version information?
>
> As part of a software installer (written in Perl) I'd like ot be able to
> connect to the mySQL server designated by the user and have it report
> it's version. Is there a way to do this?
>
> So far I've
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From: "Colin Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> So, is there a way to retrieve the version information directly from the
> server using some pseudo SQL query?
show variables like 'version';
Ryan Fox
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How do I go about querying a mySQL server for version information?
As part of a software installer (written in Perl) I'd like ot be able to
connect to the mySQL server designated by the user and have it report
it's version. Is there a way to do this?
So far I've been relying on the version infor
