On Fri, 15 Jul 2005, Sascha Kersken wrote: > Hi Nick, > > > Are you aware that 2.1.x has builtin SQL support, through the apr_dbd > > framework? There's a MySQL driver for it, although it's not bundled > > with Apache because it's GPL (for MySQL compatibility), and that's > > not compatible with distribution from the ASF. > > I read about it on this list and find it very interesting, but > unfortunately, I did not have the chance to try it out yet - my publisher > would kill me for exceeding the deadline any longer ;-). > Although I think it will not alter the way PHP/MySQL applications (the > book's main topic) work dramatically right now, I still think it's a > fascinating new feature and that some day soon, I should write a feature > article about it for the book's companion web site. So thank you for your > hint.
Another week could be interesting. If any sufficiently senior and/or listened-to MySQL people are seen at ApacheCon, we might make some progress on the licensing issue:-) -- Nick Kew
