>>>>> "Benjamin" == Benjamin Scherrey <scherrey@stripped> writes:
Benjamin> OK - this is what was biting me and led to the other problems. I need to be
> able to
Benjamin> init a MSQL structure then close it without having a connection because this
> occurs in
Benjamin> the ctor/dtor respectively of a class. An instance of that class may come
> into and out
Benjamin> of existence without ever having made a connection which results in my
> application
Benjamin> locking up. I'd prefer a code workaround rather than patching the libmysql.c
> source
Benjamin> because this program will get deployed on multiple boxes and don't want to
> have custom
Benjamin> MySQL builds all over the place. This leaves me with two questions:
Benjamin> A) Is there something I can test in the MYSQL structure to confirm its safe
> to close
Benjamin> it?
No. You can however yourself use the construct:
mysql->net.fd= INVALID_SOCKET;
In your code to make mysql_close() safe.
Benjamin> B) Will you include the code fix for libmysql.c in future releases of MySQL
> and make
Benjamin> this problem go away?
Of course; All patches I post to the list will be included in the
next MySQL version (If I haven't stated otherwise)
Benjamin> thanx much,
Benjamin> Ben Scherrey
Regards,
Monty
