Michael,
with my last reply, I was somehow wrong. It looks like a bug, indeed.
> I am using MySQL 4.0.10 on Windows. If I process SELECT @@whatever (where
> whatever is not a valid global variable name), the connection is closed.
> Is this by design? Then it should be documented. Otherwise it is
Michael,
> I am using MySQL 4.0.10 on Windows. If I process SELECT @@whatever (where
> whatever is not a valid global variable name), the connection is closed.
I guess what you mean is:
Server version: 4.0.5-beta-max-nt-log
mysql> SELECT @@whatever;
ERROR 1193: Unknown system variable 'w
