From: Ed Carp Date: March 31 1999 4:28am Subject: Re: Linux Threads and socket options List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/1221 Message-Id: <006901be7b2e$ee966ba0$75c9a8c0@traveler.airmail.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >I think that removing the above test should be safe; The MySQL protocol will >automaticly detect missing packets so it should notice if something >goes fatally wrong! As all SQL commands are sent as clear text, it's >very unlikely that you will corrupt any data! > >You can also try running the client with --compression; The >uncompress code should detect any corruption in the real data! Will the client or server retry if either one detects corruption, or will the connection just abort?