[fpc-pascal]MySQL under Windows

[Fernando Lozano]

Hi Florian,

> >I am using FPC 1.0.6 under Windows 98 and MySQL 3.23.49.
> >
> >The simple test program bellow generates a run-time error 103
> 
> I just checked with 3.23.51 and the TMySQL record has indeed new fields. 
> Any opionions about updating
> the mysql import unit to match the 3.23.51 C headers?

I guess the record had changed before 3.23.51. Using the latest release availabe (and state this on the README so at least I know which release of MySQL to install) is the best for me.

> >Maybe you should distribute the libmysql.dll used when compiling FPC 
> >alongside the binaries. :-)
> 
> Hmmm, doesn't the libmysql.dll have to match the server?

I guess no. The Windows port of PHP has allways included the mysql client DLLs and I never had problems whatever the MySQL version I used. Besides, I do not need to have a MySQL server on my Windows box, I may use a remote MySQL server on Linux.

If this were true, we'd have to allways recompile the MySQL unit to match our MySQL install. It doesn't makes sense.


[]s, Fernando Lozano