2005-10-26 Patrick Galbraith <patg@mysql.com> (3.0002_4)
* Added Guy Harrison's patch for multiple result sets
* Fixed bugs with declarations in middle of functions
* Cleaned up code, rewrote several loops using pointers
instead of iterators
* Rewrote 'SHOW', 'ALTER', 'CALL', 'CREATE' toggling code that turns
off server prepared statements (these calls are not supported)
* Updated documentation
2005-09-28 Patrick Galbraith <patg@mysql.com> (3.0002_3)
* Added code to mysql_st_internal_execute that determines whether the
SV *h is a sth or dbh, and then imports imp_dbh appropriately
2005-09-26 Patrick Galbraith <patg@mysql.com> (3.0002_2)
* Fixed bug in dbd_st_execute where imp_sth was being
imported unecessarily, when only imp_dbh is needed. This caused a
core dump in some cases. Thanks to Andy Maas at Proofpoint for his
execellent detective work!
* Small changes to Makefile.PL to make sure --ps-protocol works as
advertised.
* Updated install.html with current info about prepared statements and FC
RPM/YUM packages.
2005-08-04 Patrick Galbraith <patg@mysql.com> (3.0002_1)
* Prepared statement support is default now. To turn it off
a parameter 'mysql_emulated_prepare' must be turned ON
* Better error handling in mysql_internal_execute_ps (renamed
from mysql_internal_execute41). Also free the result if error -
that could have been a memory bug
* Added a simply 'do' to t/35prepare.test to see if you can turn
off prepared statements in the 'do' call.
* Cleaned up a LOT of cruft. Added more 'caveat' blurbage to old
Mysql.pm lib, which will not work with prepared statements
2005-07-06 Parick Galbraith <patg@mysql.com> (3.0001_3)
* Fix to ensure MYSQL_BIND is only defined when mysql
client version is >= 4.1.3. Thanks to Tom Parkison
2005-07-06 Patrick Galbraith <patg@mysql.com> (3.0001_2)
* Fixed runtime bug (when inserting or updating quotes or double quotes)
(Thanks to Brad Choate, Six Apart Ltd.)
2005-07-04 Patrick Galbraith <patg@mysql.com> (3.0001_1)
* Changed uint argument in safe_sv_fetch to int due to
uint not being available on windows unless you include
my_globals.h in dbdimp.h, which also breaks on unixen!
* Removed // comments from mysql.xs (thanks Bodo Bergman!)
2005-07-03 Patrick Galbraith <patg@mysql.com> (3.0000_0)
* Special Thanks to Steve Hay for his patch to fix windows
* Fixed Makefile.PM for windows compiles
* Removed long long type from dbdimp.h
* Changed strncasecmp to strncmp (still need a better long-term solution)
in dbdimp.c
* Modified Makefile.PM to make prepared statements on by default
2005-04-26 Patrick Galbraith <patg@mysql.com> (2.9015_3)
* Added patch from Stas Beckman for new DBI feature take_imp_data, needed
for DBI::Pool
* Fix to Statement.pm for old API call for numfields that caused
warnings on 40numrows and akmisc tests
* Fix to bind_ph to throw an error if trying to bind a non-numeric
value as numeric
* Better fix for dealing with error condition in $sth->rows()
* Fix to bind_param to throw error when trying to bind a non-numeric as
numeric
2005-04-04 Patrick Galbraith <patg@mysql.com> (2.9015_2)
* Merged all code changes from 2.900x tree from the last 9
months
- unsafe bind type guessing patch from Dragonchild
- Removed mysql.mtest
- Fixed sth->rows to return my_ulongloong and also handle
error from client API
- Fix to make autocommit work was already part of this version
- Auto-reconnect bug fixed in 2.9006 included
* Added simple test to 35limit test to check if using malicious code in
LIMIT ?, ? placeholders works, which it doesn't.
* Fix that sets mysql_server_prepare to 0 if SQL statement is 'SHOW ...'
which is not supported by prepared statement API currently
2004-10-28 Rudolf Lippan <rlippan@remotelinux.com> (2.9015_1)
* Merged Makefile.PL from 2.9005_3
* Bumped version number to 2.9015 for release of Dev Branch. Which
will become 2.9020 when tested and merged into HEAD.
* fixed typo/compiler warning in bind_param_guessing
'*testchar' should have been 'testchar'.
2004-10-20 Patrick Galbraith patg@mysql.com (Dev-2_9 - 2.9005)
* merged changes from 2.9005_1
* fix to blob in dbd_st_fetch (Alexey Stroganov ranger@mysql.com)
In case of BLOB/TEXT fields we allocate only 8192 bytes in dbd_describe()
for data. Here we know real size of field so we should increase buffer
size and refetch column value
2004-07-25 Patrick Galbraith patg@mysql.com (2.9004)
* Prepared statement support
* Use of mysql_stmt_* API (>= 4.1.3)
* mysql_shutdown fix
* MySQL Embedded Server support (Alexey Stroganov)
* Fixed link failure on MacOSX
* Cleaned up tests
* Fixed various compile warnings
2003-10-26 Rudy Lippan <rlippan@remotelinux.com> (2.9003)
* Applied patch from Aaron and Chuck that added basic testing of the
table_info/column_info functions [Aaron Ross <aross@plusthree.com>]
* Applied patch removing Jochen Wiedmann's contanct information and
also removing the restriction on CD ROM distribution.
[Jochen Wiedmen <joe@ispsoft.de>]
* The check for the innodb table type was broken so the transaction
tests were skipped even though the database supported transactions.
* :sql_types were not being inported in column info, so SQL_VARCAR was
thowing an error. Also, the :sql_types were not being pulled into
DBD::mysq::db package
* Patch for dbdadmin.t so that it respects username and password
[Alexey Stroganov <ranger@mysql.com>]
* Fix for memory leak in bind_param() introduced in 2.9002
(2.9002 changed bind_param so that changing the value of a scalar
after binding would not affect what was passed to execute eg:
$sth->bind_param(1,$foo);
$foo = 'bar'
$sth->execute() -- $foo would contain 'bar')
[reported by <shildreth@emsphone.com>]
* don't define dbd_discon_all so that mysql uses DBI's This fixes a
bug whereby DBD::mysql was dropping perl's destruct level.
* patch to myld so that it uses strict and fixes scoping problem
with $contents [Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de>]
* Modified Makefile.PL so that it gives a usage message
if any unknown options are passed in.
* patch to INSTALL.pod on how to link DBD::mysql against
a static libmysqlclient [Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de>]
2003-06-22 Rudy Lippan <rlippan@remotelinux.com> (2.9002)
* moved pod into mysql.pm from mysql.pod
* Changed the default behaviour of mysql_found_rows, so now
'UPDATE table set field=?' will return the number of rows matched
and not the number of rows physically changed. You can get the old
behaviour back by adding "mysql_found_rows=0" to the dsn passed
to connect.
* Updated type_info_all() to be more inline with
what DBD::ODBC returns.
* Added attribute 'mysql_auto_reconnect' that allows the auto reconnect
behaviour to be toggled. :
** NOTE** The behaviour of auto reconnect has changed. If
either the MOD_PERL or the GATEWAY_INTERFACE environment variable is
set, auto_reconnect will default to ON; otherwise auto_reconnect
will default to off. Earlier versions of this driver would always
try to reconnect to the database on error; however, this is dangerous
because table locks could be lost without the application knowing.
* Fixed a segfault with failed reconnects that were trapped in an
eval. The next tine DBD::mysql tried to reconnect, the process
would segfault.
* Added statistics attribute, 'mysql_dbd_stats' which returns
a hash ref that contains 2 keys 'auto_reconnects_ok' and
'auto_reconnects_failed'.
* Fixed bug where strings that were used in numeric
context were not getting quoted on execute(). Now all
parameters are bound as varchar by default.
**NOTE** this is a change in behaviour that MAY cause problems
with some SQL statements. If quoted integers, for example,
cause any problems, use bind_param(<column_id>, undef, SQL_INTEGER)
to force a column to be bound as an integer.
* Added get_info() method. See 'perldoc DBI' for more info
* Added column_info(). See 'perldoc DBI' for more info [Tim Bunce]
2003-03-03 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1026)
* Fixed the handling of case insensitive file
names. Jan Dubois, <jand@ActiveState.com>
* lib/Mysql.pm (listdbs): Added support for user
name and password.
2003-01-21 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1025)
* lib/DBD/mysql.pm: added support for optional
DBI->data_sources() \%attributes parameter.
Georg Rehfeld, <georg.rehfeld@gmx.de>
* lib/DBD/mysql.pod: documented optional
DBI->data_sources() \%attributes parameter.
Georg Rehfeld, <georg.rehfeld@gmx.de>
* t/dbdadmin.t: changed to use optional
DBI->data_sources() \%attributes parameter.
Georg Rehfeld, <georg.rehfeld@gmx.de>
2003-01-20 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1024)
* dbdimp.c: Fixed missing support for double quotes
in ParseParam. JUERD@cpan.org
* Test suite: Multiple patches for Windows/CygWin (case
insensitive file names and the like). Georg Rehfeld,
<georg.rehfeld@gmx.de>
* lib/DBD/mysql/INSTALL.pod: Added description on how
to install with Windows/CygWin. Georg Rehfeld,
<georg.rehfeld@gmx.de>
2003-01-18 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1023)
* Remove compiler warnings
Fix some small issues to get it to work with MySQL 4.1
(Mostly checking return values from MySQL API functions)
Michael Widenius <monty@mysql.com> (2.1022a)
2003-01-03 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1022)
* Added hints to Randy Kobes PPM repository, because
DBD::mysql is currently missing in ActiveState's
repository.
2002-11-18 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1021)
* lib/Mysql.pm (errno): Added handling for non-ref
arguments. Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr>
2002-09-23 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1020)
* Added mysql_local_infile option. (Paul DuBois,
paul@snake.net)
2002-09-16 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1019)
* Added hints to installing DBD::mysql with PPM 3.
(Stefan Prehn, stefanprehngmx.de)
* Added $DBD::mysql::CLONE
2002-08-12 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (0.2018)
* t/dbdadmin.t: The call to func('createdb') was
missing user name and password. Wolfgang Friebel
<friebel@ifh.de>
* mysql.xs: If the connect in func('...', 'admin')
failed, a core dump was triggered. Wolfgang
Friebel <friebelqifh.de>
2002-05-02 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (0.2017)
* dbdimp.c: Added a required check for mysql_errno.
Steve Hay <Steve.Hay@uk.radan.com>
2002-05-01 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (0.2016)
* dbdimp.c: Removed use of mysql_eof. Jay
Lawrence <jay@lawrence.net>
2002-04-30 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (0.2015)
* Makefile.PL: Removed dbimon and pmysql from
the EXE_FILES list. Andreas Koenig
<andreas.koenig@anima.de>
2002-04-17 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1014)
* dbdimp.c: Fixed mysql_is_auto_increment.
Paul Walmsley <shag-dbdmysql@booyaka.com> and
Paul Dubois <paul@kitebird.org>
2002-04-12 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1013)
* dbdimp.c: Added use of mysql_ssl_set.
Chris Hanes <chanes@i-c.net>
2002-04-12 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1012)
* Some fixes in the docs. Paul Dubois <paul@kitebird.com>
* Added mysql_is_auto_increment. (Someone else, but forgot
his email, sorry!)
2002-02-12 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1011)
* Makefile.PL: DBI::DBD is no longer loaded by
default, to allow CPAN's requirements detection
note and install a missing DBI.
2001-12-28 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1010)
* Bumped version number in Mysql/Statement.pm to
1.24, so that it is always higher than that
from the Msql-Mysql-modules.
2001-12-28 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1008)
* lib/DBD/mysql.pod: Fixed minor bug in an example.
2001-12-27 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1007)
* Bumped version number in Mysql.pm to 1.24, so that
it is always higher than that from the Msql-Mysql-
modules.
2001-12-27 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1006)
* Within AutoCommit mode, reconnect is now turned
off, because the transaction state is unpredictable
otherwise.
2001-12-13 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1005)
* dbdimp.c: Added use of SvMAGICAL to dbd_db_quote.
Rudy Lippan <almighty@randomc.com>
2001-11-13 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1004)
* Makefile.PL: Fixed handling of --testdb, --testuser, ...
2001-11-05 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1003)
* bind_param now using mysql_real_escape_string
as well. Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
2001-11-04 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1002)
* Added mysql_ssl flag to DBI->connect.
2001-11-04 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1001)
* Quoting now based on mysql_real_escape_string. Thanks
to Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org> for suggesting this.
2001-11-02 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.1000)
* Portability changes for MySQL 4.
2001-05-25 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.0901)
* dbdimp.c: Fixed $dbh->{mysql_insertid}; added t/insertid.t
2001-04-01 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (2.0900)
* Added transaction support for MySQL.
(Bob Lyons <lyons@nextrials.com>)
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Fixed MAXLENGTH warning; used to hint for
a not existing mysql_maxlength, which should read
mysql_max_length. (Paul DuBois <paul@snake.net>)
* Fixed installation problem when a directory was specified,
but did not exist. (Will Partain <partain@dcs.gla.ac.uk>)
* Fixed that mysql_errno wasn't used properly. (Chris Adams
<cmadams@hiwaay.net>)
* Fixed test suite problem, when user name and password
have been interpolated. (Bruno Hivert (LMC)
<lmcbrhi@lmc.ericsson.se>)
* mysql_insertid and mysql_affectedrows are no longer treated
as integers, but longs. Thanks to Michael G Schwern
<schwern@pobox.com>.
2000-08-20 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.2215)
* lib/DBD/mysql/Install.pm (Initialize): Adding -lz -lgz by
default now.
* dbd/dbd.pm.in: Minor doc change.
2000-05-10 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.2214)
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Fixed bug that timestamp fields weren't quoted.
Chris Winters <cwinters@intes.net>
2000-04-26 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.2213)
* dbd/dbimon.in: Fixed tags in pod.
2000-04-15 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.2212)
* Makefile.PL: Fixed use of builder-provided passwords.
Buck Huppmann <buckh@pobox.com>
* Makefile.PL: Fixed WIN32 installation.
2000-04-03 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.2211)
* Fixed $dbh->{Name} (David Jacobs <djacobs@mitre.org>)
1999-11-30 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.2210)
* Makefile.PL (SelectDrivers): Hopefully ensured that a README is
always created successfully.
* Makefile.PL: Fixed docs of --mysql-install etc. (loic@ceic.com)
1999-10-13 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.2209)
* Fixed bug in $dbh->tables(): Didnt't work with
empty databases.
1999-09-17 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.2208)
* dbd/bindparam.h: Added support for MySQL's double
quotes. (Although I don't like it. :-)
* dbd/dbd.pm.in: Fixed a lot of docs for deprecated
features in favour of current.
* Makefile.PL: Fixed use of -e (should be exists).
tschulth@debis.com (Thomas Schultheis)
* MONEY seems to be a numeric type with mSQL.
Ernst Paalvast <ernst@esdmm.nl>
1999-09-15 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@gate.ispsoft.de> (1.2207)
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Added mysql_connect_timeout.
Matthias Urlichs (<smurf@noris.de>)
1999-08-29 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.2206)
* dbd/dbimon.in: Fixed a bug in tab completion. (FieldList was
used in scalar context). Thanks to "Scott R. Every" <scott@emji.net>
* lib/DBD/mysql/Install.pm (Initialize): Now checking for MySQL
version 3.22 or later.
1999-08-22 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de>
* lib/DBD/mysql/Install.pm (Initialize): Added sco\d+* to the list
of SCO-like operating systems. Thanks to Jukka Inkeri
<Jukka.Inkeri@netstar.fi>
1999-08-22 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.2203)
* dbd/dbd.xs.in: Fixed a memory leak in $dbh->quote().
Arun Bhalla <abhalla@usgs.gov>
1999-07-22 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.2202)
* dbd/dbd.pm.in: The hint for experimental software is now
enabled or disabled automatically, thanks to ExtUtils::PerlPP.
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Changed fprintf to PerlIO_printf, required by
DBI 1.14.
* nodbd/nodbd.pm.in (quote): Changed ~DBD_DRIVER~ to
~~dbd_driver~~, thanks to Maurice Aubrey <maurice@hevanet.com>.
1999-07-08 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.2201)
* lib/DBD/mSQL/Install.pm (Initialize): Fixed an ugly bug, that
caused unusable Config.pm files.
1999-03-09 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de>
* lib/DBD/mysql/Install.pm (CheckForLibGcc): No longer linking
against libgcc.a with OpenBSD.
* nodbd/nodbd.pm.in (selectdb): Calling selectdb twice triggered
a warning. (Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it>)
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Date and time types now have literal_prefix and
suffix set to "'".
1999-01-25 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.21_15)
* dbd/myMsql.h: mSQL 2.0.6 requires including common/
portability.h.
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Fixed some instances of ~var~ to ~~var~~.
* Makefile.PL: Added PREREQ_PM to WriteMakefile options.
* Renamed Bundle::M(y)sql to Bundle::DBD::mysql and
Bundle::DBD::mSQL.
1999-01-05 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.21_13)
* nodbd/nodbd.pm.in (query): Now setting $db_errstr
(Andreas König, andreas.koenig@anima.de).
* dbd/dbdimp.c (dbd_db_quote): Giving up to use "NULL" as a
static string. :-( My thanks to David Foo (dfoo@web.fairfax.com.au)
and Christian Schwarz (schwarz@monet.m.isar.de) for convincing
me.
* nodbd/nodbd.pm.in (listdbs): Now setting $db_errstr.
1998-12-30 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.21_12)
* dbd/dbd.pm.in (prepare): Fixed missing attribs argument.
Thanks to Peter Ludemann (ludemann@inxight.com).
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Portability fixes for Perl 5.005_54.
1998-12-29 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.21_11)
* Makefile.PL: .pm files are no longer removed, because
they are missing in MANIFEST otherwise.
1998-12-22 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.21_09)
* INSTALL: Updated the WIN32 INSTALLATION section.
* nodbd/statement.pm.in (fetchrow): Enhanced compatibility to
previous Msql versions by returning the first column now in
scalar context. (Andreas König, andreas.koenig@anima.de)
* Makefile.PL (Init): Default of installing Msql, Mysql and Msql1
is now "no", unless you already have the Mysql emulation layer
installed.
* Makefile.PL: Added --config option.
1998-11-20 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.21_08)
* lib/DBD/mysql/Install.pm (Initialize): Added -lc on Unixware;
thanks to Orion Poplawski <orion@bvt.com>.
* lib/DBD/mysql/Install.pm (Initialize): Added -lzlib on Win32.
* dbd/dbd.pm.in (connect): Added $dbh->{'Name'}.
* t/dbdadmin.t: Forgot to change _DropDB to func("dropdb",
..., "admin). My thanks to schinder@pobox.com.
* Some patches for compatibility with ActiveState Perl.
1998-11-08 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.21_07)
* _ListTables is now obsolete.
* _InsertID, affected_rows, IS_PRI_KEY, is_pri_key, IS_NOT_NULL,
is_not_null, IS_KEY, is_key, IS_BLOB, is_blob, IS_NUM, is_num,
LENGTH, length, MAXLENGTH, maxlength, NUMROWS, NUMFIELDS,
RESULT, result, TABLE, table, format_max_size, format_default_size
and format_type_name are now deprecated.
* _CreateDB, _DropDB, _ListFields, _ListSelectedFields and
_NumRows have been removed.
* dbd/dbd.xs.in: $dbh->func('_ListDBs') was closing the socket.
Thanks to Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@wolery.bu.edu>.
* dbd/dbd.pm.in: $drh->func('_ListDBs' was documented wrong.
Thanks to Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@wolery.bu.edu>.
1998-11-06 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.21_06)
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Changed isspace(c) to c == ' ' in ChopBlanks
handling.
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Added $dbh->{'mysql_read_default_file'} and
$dbh->{'mysql_read_default_group'}.
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Added $dbh->{'mysql_insertid'}.
1998-10-23 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.21_05)
* dbd/dbd.xs.in: Fixed bug in $dbh->quote($n, SQL_INTEGER).
* Makefile.PL (CheckForLibGcc()): Disabled linking against
libgcc.a under NetBSD. (Curt Sampson, cjs@portal.com)
* Forgot to remove the warning for experimental software.
* Added Monty's patches for use of mysqlclients.
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Added msql_configfile.
* Makefile.PL: Added option -static.
1998-10-06 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.21_04)
* INSTALL: Added hints for Win32 installation.
* lib/DBD/mysql/Install.pm: Added portability fixes for Win32
installation with MyODBC. This is now the recommended way of
installing DBD::mysql under Win32.
1998-09-27 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.21_02)
* INSTALL: Added a hint for Remote_Access in msql.conf
* nodbd/nodbd.pm.in (quote): Made quote a class method; Andreas
König <koenig@anna.mind.de>.
* dbd/myMsql.h (MyReconnect): Fixed $dbh->ping() for MySQL.
My thanks to Nikki Chumakov (nikki@paranoia.ru).
* dbd/dbimon.in: Added dump mode.
* dbd/dbimon.in: TableList now based on $dbh->tables(), thus
portable.
* dbd/dbimon.in: Shell completion with TableList case independent.
* tests/60leaks.t: No longer calling exit() within BEGIN.
(Workaround for a bug within Perl 5.00404)
* tests/ak-dbd.t: Removed "local $sth->{PrintError} = 0"; yet
another workaround.
1998-07-28 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.21_00)
* INSTALL: Added a description of the missing-libgcc problem.
* INSTALL: Added a patch for the mSQL problem with ORDER BY.
* dbd/dbd.pm.in: Added a description of mSQL's problem with
ORDER BY.
* Fixed pointers to DBI home (was www.hermetica.com, now
www.arcana.co.uk)
* lib/DBD/mysql/Install.pm (Initialize): Added
$ENV{'MYSQL_HEADERDIR'} and $ENV{'MYSQL_LIBDIR'}.
* dbd/dbdimp.c: mysql_fetch_lengths() returns longs under
MySQL 3.22.04
* nodbd/nodbd.pm.in (errno): Fixed missing definition of
$self.
* Makefile.PL (InitializeMysql): Looking for libmysqlclient.a
and libmysqlclient.so now.
* dbd/dbdimp.c (dbd_st_internal_execute): Fixed memory leak,
*cdaPtr was not checked for <> NULL. My thanks to Marc
Lehmann <pcg@goof.com> for the report.
* dbd/dbd.pm.in: Added table_info().
1998-07-16 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.19_22)
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Added dTHR to some more functions for 5.005
compatibility. Thanks to Chris Leach
<leachcj@vegemite.mel.az.bp.com>.
* nodbd/statement.pm.in: Changed length to CORE::length in
some cases to prevent 5.005 warnings.
* Added a section on multithrading to the manual.
1998-07-07 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.19_21)
* nodbd/nodbd.pm.in (query): Fixed a missing "bless($sth, ...)".
My thanks to Ray Zimmermann <rz10@cornell.edu>. (Gives me
a familiar feeling to always meet the same people ... :-)
1998-07-06 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.19_20)
* Makefile.lib (InitializeMsql): Added /usr to the search path
for mSQL headers and libraries.
* tests/msql1.t (unctrl): Renamed "character" column to
"chrctr". ("character" is not a valid column name under
msql-2.0.4.1)
* dbd/dbd.xs.in (DBD::mysql::ping): Now using mysql_ping().
* dbd/dbdimp.c (_MyLogin): Added mysql_compression.
1998-06-25 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.19_19)
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Added $sth->{mysql_type} and
$sth->{msql_type}, which are in fact just what
$sth->{TYPE} used to be. $sth->{TYPE} is now
returning portable SQL types.
* MANIFEST: Removed nodbd/Makefile.PL.in.
* Makefile.PL: Made test databases configurable.
1998-06-14 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.19_18)
* Makefile.PL: dbdadmin.t was missing in the list of tests
* nodbd/nodbd.pm.in (query): Now really returning undef in
case of errors. (Possible Perl bug?)
* Makefile.PL: Fixed realclean attribute of WriteMakefile.
* Makefile.PL (Init): Setting $Data::Dumper::Indent to 1.
* Makefile.PL (InitializeMsql): Fixed query for mSQL, if
only one version gets installed.
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Now calling mysql_init before mysql_connect.
* dbd/dbdimp.c: For whatever reason, MyGetProtoInfo was
treated like returning a char* under Mysql.
1998-05-16 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.19_17)
* Makefile.PL: Fixed typo in InitializeMsql (dbiDriver = mSQL1).
* dbd/dbdimp.c: mysql_real_connect is now using a dbname
argument
1998-05-07 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.19_16)
* dbd/dbdimp.c: ChopBlanks no longer chops from the left side.
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Fixed memory leak in dbd_st_FETCH_internal.
1998-04-13 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.19_15)
* Added the DBD::mSQL1 and Msql1 drivers.
* Fixed minor icompatibilities with perl 5.005.
* nodbd/nodbd.pm.in (errmsg): Msql->errmsg() should
now recognize error messages in $DBI::errstr (hopefully ...)
1998-04-03 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.19_13)
* dbd/dbdimp.c: msqlGetProtoInfo returns an int, not a
char* (Erik Bertelsen, erik@mediator.uni-c.dk)
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Fixed typo in _MyLogin: User was set to
NULL when password had zero length. (Erik Bertelsen,
erik@mediator.uni-c.dk)
* dbd/dbdimp.c: One more time fixing reconnect problems with Mysql
and old client libraries (without mysql_real_connect it's just too
ugly! :-(
1998-03-15 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.19_11)
* Makefile.PL: Fixed Bugs in _OdbcParse and version numbers.
* dbd/dbimon.in: Fixed bugs in export mode (Nem W. Schlecht
<nem@abattoir.cc.ndsu.nodak.edu>)
1998-02-26 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.19_10)
* M(y)sqlPerl now emulated by DBI drivers.
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Added $dbh->{'info'} and $dbh->{'thread_id'}
(mysql only)
* dbd/dbimon.in: Fixed minor bug in "rel db test"
* dbd/dbimon.in (Connect): Added noecho mode for entering
passwords.
* dbd/myMsql.c: Fixed bugs in OdbcParse.
1998-02-06 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.19_03)
* dbd/dbd.xs.in: Fixed $dbh->quote(undef) to return "NULL"
and not 'undef'.
* Requires DBI 0.93. (I assume it still works with 0.91, but
whoever reinstalls Msql-Mysql-modules can well reinstall
DBI.)
* dbd/dbdimp.c: $sth->fetch* now inactivates the sth in case
of errors or no more data; this follows the specification of
the 'Active' attribute.
* Added a missing DROP TABLE in ak-dbd.t.
* Added ODBC style DSN's like DBI:mysql:database=test;host=localhost.
1998-01-20 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.19_02)
* dbd/dbd.xs.in (quote): Fixed "int len" to "STRLEN len"; the
Irix compiler refuses to compile this. (A little bit picky,
a warning would really be sufficient here ...) My thanks to
Simon Matthews <sam@peritas.com>.
* Added "LISTINDEX" handling.
* Makefile.lib: Now always linking against libgcc.a when using gcc
and compiling for MySQL.
* tests/mysql.dbtest: Now using "IS NULL" in SQL queries instead
of "= NULL". (Required as of mysql 3.21.22)
1998-01-18 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.19_01)
* README: Added hint for not using msqlperl mailing lists
except for MsqlPerl and MysqlPerl related things.
* Makefile.lib: Modified version number to contain underscores,
so that CPAN considers 1.18xx as the correct version.
* dbd/dbimon.in: Leaving pager mode worked unreliable; fixed.
Andreas Koenig <koenig@anna.mind.de>
* tests/akmisc.t, tests/mysql.t, tests/mysql2.t: Minor modifications
in the connect parameters for passing the test suite under
Windows/NT.
1998-01-07 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.1900)
* dbd/dbd.xs.in: Implemented $dbh->quote() in XS.
* dbd/dbd.xs.in: Added '_Admin' function.
* dbd/dbd.xs.in, dbd/dbdimp.c: Added automatic reconnect when
mysql returns CR_SERVER_GONE_ERROR.
* Makefile.lib (InitializeMysql): Modified order of -I statements
(Inside MySQL distribution it can happen that headers of recently
installed DBI versions are used instead of the correct headers.)
* nodbd/nodbd.xs.in, nodbd/typemap: Supressed warning for
undef'd argument in connect method. (Chris Holt,
<xris@migraine.stanford.edu>)
* nodbd/nodbd.xs.in: Fixed definition of 'HOST' attribute
in dbh's.
* Makefile.lib (InitializeMsql): Fixed typo that made MSQL_HOME
useless. (Ray Zimmermann, <rz10@cornell.edu>)
* Makefile.lib (InitializeMysql): Fixed typo "lib/mysqlclient.a"
to "lib/libmysqlclient.a". (Michael 'Monty' Widenius,
<monty@tcx.se>)
1997-12-31 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.1823)
* Added support for mysql_use_result, requested by Jesse
Eversole <jee@marketdriven.com>.
* nodbd/typemap: Replaced sv_isa with sv_derived_from so that
subclassing works, reported by Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no>.
1997-12-11 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.1822)
* dbd/myMsql.c: DSN's like DBI:mysql:test;hostname=$host;port=$port
haven't been working.
* dbd/dbimon.in: POD modifications, suggested by Jesse N. Glick
<jglick@sig.bsh.com>
* INSTALL: Added hints for "make test".
* nodbd/statement.pm.in (as_string): Still bugs in the new
as_string method, thanks to Frank D. Cringle <fdc@cliwe.ping.de>.
* Enabled SQL_DATE, SQL_TIME, ... (available in DBI 0.91)
* Makefiles: Modified postamble to use a common function which calls
module dependent hooks.
* nodbd/nodbd.xs.in/fetchinternal: Fixed the problem RETVAL == NULL.
Wed Nov 19 19:50:29 1997 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.1821)
* dbd/dbd.pm.in: Added AUTOLOAD for constants like
DBD::mysql::FIELD_TYPE_STRING or DBD::mSQL::CHAR_TYPE.
* xtract, dbd/Makefile.PL.in nodbd/Makefile.PL.in: Removed
first line in case users perl is different from
/usr/local/bin/perl.
* All Makefiles: Added chmod for xtracted files.
* Added bindparam.h for reuse in DBD::pNET.
* Makefile.lib: Some (hopefully) upward compatible modifications
for integration into the MySQL distribution.
Sat Nov 1 17:04:27 1997 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.1820)
* xtract: Added "#xtract <driver>" ... "#endxtract".
* nodbd/statement.pm.in, nodbd/nodbd.pm.in, nodbd/pmsql.in:
Using "#xtract now".
* Reorganized source tree (again).
Wed Oct 29 00:41:41 1997 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.1819)
* nodbd/bundle.pm.in: Fixed syntax error.
* Fixed distribution problems. Not all .pm files have been
included. (Only PAUSE should have noticed.)
Mon Oct 27 00:50:08 1997 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.1818)
* nodbd/Makefile.PL.in: Fixed dependencies for "xtract" files.
* nodbd/nodbd.xs.in: Fixed ISNUM attribute in fetchinternal.
* nodbd/statement.pm.in: Yet one more fix in the new as_string
method. :-(
* nodbd/statement.pm.in: Msql::Statement::maxlength caches
its return value now
Sat Oct 25 16:30:01 1997 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.1817)
* Makefile.PL,dbd/Makefile.PL.in,nodbd/Makefile.PL.in: Added
dependencies for files being created from dbd and nodbd
directories via the "xtract" script.
* nodbd/pmsql.in,nodbd/statement.pm.in: Fixed minor problems with
mSQL1; suggested by Andreas Koenig
* dbd/dbd.pm.in,tests/ak-dbd.t: Removed support and tests for the
old connect methods.
* nodbd/statement.pm.in: Fixed bug in Msql::Statement::maxlength.
Fri Oct 24 01:29:08 1997 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.1816)
* dbd/myMsql.c (MyConnect): Fixed use of mysql_real_connect
* dbd/dbdimp.c: Added automatic type detection to bind_param
* nodbd/statement.pm.in: Modified as_string for more efficiency
under MySQL. Added maxlength and isnum methods. (Direct attribute
fetches under MySQL, calculated under mSQL.)
* nodbd/pmsql.pm.in: Fixed bug in creation of @typelabels:
defined &Msql::TEXT_TYPE doesn't work before autoloading it.
1997-10-02 Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de> (1.1815)
* dbd/dbd.xs: Fixed bug in insertid; &svsock was used instead
of svsock
* Fixed bug in nodbd.xs (formerly Mysql.xs): key INSERTID had
length of 9 (reported by Maurice Aubrey, <maurice@hevanet.com>)
* t/ak-dbd.t, t/akmisc.t: Added tests for mysql's insertid
feature.
* Merged source trees of Mysql and Msql.
* lib/M(y)sql.pm: Added some words on createdb, dropdb and
shutdown to the man page. Missed by Ray Zimmermann
(rz10@cornell.edu)
* dbd/dbd.xs.in: Implemented $dbh->do as a direct XS call.
* dbd/dbd.xs.in, nodbd/nodbd.xs.in: Suppressed some warnings
due to uninitialized RETVAL. George Hartlieb
(ghartlieb@mail.arc.nasa.gov)
1997-09-29 Andreas Koenig <koenig@anna.mind.de> (1.1814)
* t/50commit.t: Fixed printing of warning message when
commit issues a warning.
* lib/DBD/mSQL.pm (connect): Fixed warning in connect, if
attrhash is present.
* pmsql.PL: Fixed use of Msql 2 constants in @typelabel definition
and similar things.
* lib/Msql/Statement.pm: Fixed use of Msql::TEXT_TYPE without
checking whether we are running Msql 1.
$Id: ChangeLog 2202 2005-11-06 21:32:00Z capttofu $
DBD::mysql for DBI - Written by Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de>
97.09.27 V1.1812
Added t/50commit.t to test suite.
Included <embed.h> in myMsql.h for redefining my_setenv().
Made AutoCommit, Commit and Rollback DBI conformant.
Fixed reconnect problems with Mysql: mysql_port was 0 on some
systems.
Added support of mysql_real_connect to myMsql.c.
Fixed Msql::errno returning a char*.
Added lib/Bundle::Mysql.pm.
Fixed 'use Mysql' to 'require Mysql' in t/mysql2.t.
97.09.12 V1.1810
Fixed bug in dbd_st_FETCH_internal: newRV_noinc was used for
the return value. This resulted in invalid cache values,
reported by Michael Bletzinger
<Michael.Bletzinger@ssa.crane.navy.mil>
97.09.12 V1.1809
Adapted changes from DBD-Oracle 0.46 to 0.47; in particular
the files Driver.xst and dbd_xsh.h from the DBI distribution
are used now. (LongReadLen, LongTruncOk, ... are still
meaningless, but they are not that important for m(y)sql:
The complete results are in RAM anyways ...)
Fixed man page of DBD::M(y)SQL: "@names = $sth->{'NAME'}".
Added parameter completion for "set" command to dbimon.
97.09.08 V1.1808
Fixed bug in dbimon, a closing brace was missing causing a
syntax error.
Fixed problems in the Term::ReadLine::GNU support, reported
by Nem W. Schlecht (nem@abattoir.cc.ndsu.nodak.edu).
Modified dbimon for internally using the Data::ShowTable
module. My thanks to Tim Bunce for the hint.
Compatibility fixes for SunOS and Solaris, supplied by
Neil Bowers (neilb@cre.canon.co.uk).
97.09.03 V1.1806
Fixed bug in Mysql.xs: $sth->numfields dumped core because no
check for a result was done.
Fixed bug in lib/Mysql/Statement.pm: Mysql::Statement.as_string
did not check for $sth->numfields != 0.
Added patch from Nem W. Schlecht (nem@abattoir.cc.ndsu.nodak.edu)
for Term::ReadLine::GNU support to pmysql and dbimon.
97.09.03 V1.1805
Fixed bug in DBD::mysql: Executing a non-select statement
always returned -1 (unknown number of rows) although the
correct number was returned by $sth->rows().
Fixed bug in DBD::mysql: strlen was executed on a NULL
value when mysql_fetch_rows returned a NULL field.
Added all _ListField attributes to statement handles.
Added support for "LISTFIELDS <table>" to $sth->execute.
Modified $sth->func("_ListSelectedFields") and
$dbh->func("<table>", "_ListFields") to use the new
possibilities; in fact these are only stubs now.
Added dbimon.
Added some internal attributes for dbimon to DBD::mysql:
format_default_size, format_max_size, format_type_name
and format_right_justification.
97.08.30 V1.1804
Added "fancy", "quote", "separator" and "escape" commands to
pm(y)sql.PL, patch supplied by Nem W Schlecht
(nem@abattoir.cc.ndsu.nodak.edu).
Modified pm(y)sql.PL and pmsql.PL so that it automatically
adapts pm(y)sql for use with Msql and Mysql, respectively.
Makefile.PL and M(y)sqlPerl/Makefile.PL now automatically
adapt lib/M(y)sql.pm, lib/M(y)sql/Statement.pm and
lib/DBD/mSQL.pm or lib/DBD/mysql.pm for use in Msql-modules
or Mysql-modules; just copy these files, rename them and
run "perl Makefile.PL".
97.08.29 V1.1803
Added mysql_errno()
Modified perl modules for use of $driver and isa($driver).
Modified Msql.xs and Mysql.xs for use of Package and
StPackage.
Modified test for fetch of non-result sth in akmisc.t: Msql
returns number of rows and not an sth.
97.08.27 Removed use of TEXT_TYPE from pmysql and Mysql/Statement.pm.
97.08.16 Modified mysql.xs, dbdimp.h and dbdimp.c for use in DBD::mSQL.
Now using Andreas König´s Makefile.PL from the DBD::mSQL
distribution.
Added check for disabled '-lgcc' on Linux; this leads to a
missing __moddi3 symbol in libmysqlclient.a, when running
mysql.so.
Added mysqlperl support.
97.08.02 Almost completely rewritten, with the exception of private
functions like _ListTables.
Implemented bind_param.
Test suite rewritten for portability.
Many sources moved from mysql.pm and mysql.xs to dbdimp.h;
mysql.pm and mysql.xs are now close to Oracle.xs and Oracle.pm.
97.07.28 Added $dbh->quote method.
Modified internal use of "char* statement" to "SV* statement".
Modified use of mysql_query to mysql_real_query. (The above
three things should fix blob problems hopefully.)
Bumped revision number to 2.00 because of API changes:
The connect method works now as described in the DBI man
page, compatibility to DBD::msql seems deprecated.
Heavy internal modifications in order to use DBIS->get_fbav();
this gives compatibility to DBI 0.88.
Modified test suite to use Test::Harness.
Added blob tests.
DBD::mysql for DBI - Written by Alligator Descartes <descarte@mcqueen.com>
96.06.22 Get new patched version 1.65 from gnat@frii.com
Added the memory bug patch to this.
96.06.18 Added pod documentation to mysql.pm and the possibility
to retreive insert_id. This was done by Nathan Torkington.
Fixed memory bug that sql results never was freed.
Now a result is freed when one calls the 'finish' action.
The patch was done by gareth@netcom.co.uk & Monty
96.05.27 Changed Makefile.PL after suggestions from Raymond Wiker
96.04.25 Changed the README and fixed a typo in mysql.xs
Changed version to DBD-mysql-1.63.1 to have a reference to mSQL-0.63
96.04.19 Updated with differences from DBD:mSQL-0.63
96.11.03 Changed from DBD:mysql-0.60pl10 to DBD:mysql-1.0 by Michael Widenius
Original ChangeLog:
18/07/95: Started.
Version 0.0.0 ( Totally pre-alpha! )
19/07/95:22:00 Code now basically seems to work. I've got connection to
a database, and clean disconnection.
23:45 I'm now working on the statement cycle stuff, which I've
mapped out. It's just a case of coding, which shouldn't
take too long, hopefully.
Posted notice of approaching doom to perldb-interest.
20/07/95:01:25 Fetching appears to work OK now. I need to read the API on
msqlFieldSeek, since I can't work out why fetch is returning
the same row over and over!
21/07/95:09:22 Added a field into imp_sth (currow) which keeps track of the
current row that's been fetched from the result struct. If I
can fix the return codes coming from fetchrow, it'll work!
21/07/95:10:30 Pondered bind variables in cursors. Since there isn't a bind
function in the API, I may have to frig the way that prepare/
execute works, ie, move the call to msqlQuery *after* it's
done some parsing for bind values......Hm.
21/07/95:10:35 Twiddled some bits in the fetchrow cycle.
23/07/95:15:50 Fetch is fetching a row, but it's not returning it to the
calling cycle, so I need to fart about with the sv stuff, which
is not amusing me greatly!
26/07/95:23:42 Decided in agreement with Andreas that the first release is
to be 0.61!
27/07/95:14:14 Finally! It fucking works! After splendid quantities of
hacking around with the prepare/execute/fetchrow/finish cycle
it's actually returning rows correctly!
NOTE: The SV handling within dbd_describe is shot to buggery,
but I've kludged it in mSQL.xs::fetchrow to do a
sv_2mortal instead of a sv_mortalcopy.
27/07/95:14:22 Tidied up mSQL.xs::finish to do an msqlFreeResult. Annoyingly
enough, there's no return code to msqlFR, so I can't test
whether or not it's worked! Bah!
27/07/95:15:15 Altered test to do several bits and bobs. I'm testing INSERT
statements now. These only execute an msqlQuery, but the
stuff needs to continue to pass through the execute and finish
stages cleanly.......*sigh*
27/07/95:15:22 My dubious 'INSERT' check hack works, sort of. Pity it converts
the entire statement to lower case.....!
27/07/95:17:33 Twiddled some more stuff so it seems to do CREATE TABLE,
INSERT statements too. Of course, there's no error checking
yet, but it seems to be OK........Hm.
27/07/95:17:38 Mailed out a statement saying the 0.61 code would be up for
grabs as of Monday 31st July! Still waiting on Alpha reports.
27/07/95:12:11 Fixed the lower-case all the INSERT/CREATE &c. statement bug.
It now checks to see if you're in quotes.
28/07/95:xx:xx Got a report back from Andreas to say compilation barfs on
his Indy. Fixed a load of do_error bugs in dbdimp.c.
13/08/95:18:25 Finally got back to this after a rather long break. Fixed some
Makefile.PL bugs that were kicking about. Finally fixed
( or appeared to fix ) the strlen signedness bug in dbdimp.c
that may halt compilation on the Indy.
Emailed Karsten the debug info to see what's causing problems
on the NeXTStep platform.
14/08/95:13:48 Got email back from Andreas. signedness broke mSQL.xs as well!
Fixed that and emailed him a quick patch.
14/08/95:14:45 Andreas now has a successful compile. The tests are crap, but
appear to ( sort of ) work.
29/08/95:23:18 Converted driver across to new DBI format. It now appears
to compile, install and run fairly reasonably. There are
some serious messes that need cleared up in it, but it's
fundamentally OK, I hope. Announced for pl0 testing.
04/09/95:15:04 Started back on getting the 0.60pl0 out. Tidied up the parsing
of statements for INSERT, CREATE &c statements. It just takes
the first word of the statement now.
04/09/95:15:19 Looks OK. Tested against DBI 0.63 and looks reasonable.
Announced release of 0.60pl1 and put up for ftp.
20/09/95:15:20 Patched a load of stuff including NULLs, and local device
handling ( SV ). Released pl4, which was bogus. Released
pl5 which should fix those issues.
20/09/95:22:17 Fixed overhang of old DBI bug with DBIc_ENDING remaining in
DESTROY in mSQL.xs. Spotted by Marti Rijken and fixed.
( Hopefully! )
18/10/95:15:13 Added in the missing API chunks for ListTables, ListDBs
and ListFields.
ListFields isnae working, but I'll fix that sometime soon....
05/11/95:11:32 Fixed $sth->readblob to return undef. Fixed Makefile.PL,
dbdimp.h, mSQL.h, dbdimp.c for release of 0.60pl7. Also tested
'make test' which now works!
23/11/95:19:22 Fixed ListFields from the pointers given to me by Sven V.
24/11/95:03:13 Fixed error handling in all the func methods
24/11/95:13:01 Added 'NumRows' method to statement handles to return the
number of rows returned ( or affected ) by a statement.o
pre-release distributed to ANDK
25/11/95:09:20 Real release released! No major problems reported.
30/12/95:18:10 Altered mSQL.pm to allow for hostname:port style connections
to known remote port machines. Sets ENV var since the
msqlConnect API call doesn't support port arguments.
30/12/95:18:15 Added 'length' key into the hash returned by ListFields, so
we can get the scale of the field.
24/03/96:22:34 Fixed bugs and upgraded versioning for perl5.002 to work
properly. Released as pl10
-> Lamentable lack of ChangeLog information here!
27/03/97: Tidied up things with regard to 0.61 release.
28/03/97: Patched NULL as undef bug