[std.database]

[Piotr Szturmaj]

Steve Teale wrote:
> It looks as if it is not a big deal to use the MySQL protocol rather than
> the client library. I can now log in that way, so the rest should follow,
> and I am working on the changeover. The current MySQL protocol has been
> around since version 4.1.

Good to hear that! One note though. MySQL protocol has two row encoding 
modes, text or binary. Please consider using the latter for better 
peformance.

> Given that Piotr has, I think, already done the same work at protocol
> level for Postgres, that SQLite is public domain, and that a similar API
> can be done with ODBC, we should be able to cover a fair range of systems
> without falling foul of GPL.

Yes, that would be great.