Iain Conochie wrote:
> Afternoon,
>
> Apologies if this has been discussed before, I could not find a
> reference of it. So here we go :)
>
> Currently, I have a need to get a mysql 4.0 client to talk to a mysql
> 4.1 database. The error message I get is
>
> ERROR 1251: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by
> server; consider upgrading MySQL client
>
> Unfortunately, this is not possible. Is there any way of getting the
> server to use the 4.0 method of authentication?
>
> Cheers
>
Hi -
This will help:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/old-client.html
Unfortunately I've been in this position a few times, as well.
Thanks
-dant
