Re: driver beta release

Hi, Kris,

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 13:05:48 -0500 (EST)
Kris Jurka <books@ejurka.com> wrote:

> > > You can add ?protocolVersion=2 to the JDBC URL.  Which will make it use
> > > the older un-parameterized method of sending queries.
> >
> > I thought a "compatible=7.4" setting should do this?
>
> The compatible parameter is largely unused and at the moment only changes
> the behavior of storing binary data.  The 7.4 driver implemented the V3
> protocol with the minimum of effort.  The 8.0 driver implements (and takes
> advantage of) many V3 features and the partial implementation was
> abandoned.  This means making compatible=7.4 mean the V2 protocol isn't
> entirely accurate.

Okay, I thing my statement was ambigous.

I meant to say 'I thought a "compatible=7.4" setting should make the
driver use an un-typed way of sending the queries'. This does not
necessarily imply a switch back to V2 protocol, which may bring other
disadvantages.

But maybe the effort for implementing this is too large, I'll try to
have a look at it.

Thanks,
Markus

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