[fpc-pascal] MySQL50 unit in freepascal

[Chris]

Hi,

I am a newbie in freepascal but I have used turbo pascal and Delphi
extensively for the last 7 years or so; I want to write an application for
my linux box to do some crude form of replication of mysql databases. I am
just trying to figure out how to use the mysql50 unit, but cannot find heads
or tails of how to do it; it seems all version have different connecting
methods etc etc etc

Does anyone have a simple (very simple) and basic way of connecting to a
mysql database, reading a record and writing a record into a table? That's
all I need to get started; or if there is some documentation somewhere on
how to use the unit id be grateful.

J

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