Re: MySQLi Compat question

From: Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 19:41:49 +0000
Subject: Re: MySQLi Compat question
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Hi! Davey wrote:
The problem is that the MySQL 3.x API and 4.0 API are compatible, and you can use the 3.x client with MySQL 4.0, However - heres the tricky part where people are getting lost - the MySQL 3.x (and 4.0) API are NOT compatible with MySQL 4.1 - Ideally, I think they should have waited till 5.0 before doing an API change.. much less confusing for everyone concerned.
Well, I think this has to do with a licensing change and not with technical decisions. You want to use a "new and improved" API in a commercial app --- you need to give $$$. Its a classic drug pusher tactic --- the first dose is free, and then you are hooked on MySQL and will pay. ::runs for cover::

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