I see your point. Configuration files aside, what do you get when you query the servers themselves with:
show variables like 'max_allowed_packet' There *might* be something in your start-up scripts overriding that config setting. - md On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:57 AM, William Bulley <w...@umich.edu> wrote: > According to Michael Dykman <mdyk...@gmail.com> on Fri, 02/24/12 at 11:42: >> >> That error is coming from neither the MySQL server nor from >> DBVisualizer. That is coming from your JDBC driver. Check the >> version of that and research the effect of configuration options. >> >> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/connector-j-reference-configuration-properties.html > > Thanks for the reply. > > I understood that the error came from the JBDC driver because of the > Java class path given in the exception text: > > com.mysql.jdbc.PacketTooBigException > > But that isn't the issue. The same DbVisualizer instance works just > fine when connecting to the MySQL 5.1.60 server on system A, but fails > with the "query too large" exception when trying to connect to the > MySQL 5.1.58 server on system B. It strains credulity to think that > the same DbVisualizer instance would use two different JBDC drivers > when the DbVisualizer connect string begins with "jdbc:mysql://..." > in both cases. > > I found this file in my DbVisualizer installation directory: > > unix% cat /usr/local/share/dbvis/jdbc/mysql/README > MySQL-AB JDBC Driver > -------------------- > Version: 5.1.16 > Files: mysql.jar > Reference: http://www.mysql.com > > DbVis Software AB is a "MySQL Network Certified Partner" > and have the right to distribute the Connector/J driver. > > So what I can't explain is why it works for one and not the other. > > Regards, > > web... > > -- > William Bulley Email: w...@umich.edu > > 72 characters width template ----------------------------------------->| -- - michael dykman - mdyk...@gmail.com May the Source be with you. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql