From: Warren Young
Date: December 12 2005 9:52pm
Subject: Re: BadConverion::what()=Tried to convert "0.00P\uffffI" to a "d
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Drew Vogel wrote:
> I am using the State Threads library, but the library never actually
> creates a new thread

Are you rebuilding MySQL++ with thread support, and linking your code to 
the thread-safe version of the MySQL C API library?  Are you observing 
the thread safety requirements spelled out in the MySQL C API documentation?

> Any ideas how closing or not closing the Connection 
> object (well after the conversion is made) could have any effect on the 
> conversion?

Connection objects are designed to last the lifetime of the program, if 
necessary.  You do not have to close it in order to get good data.  I 
think all you have done is perturbed your bug into hiding from you; it's 
still there, waiting to bite you again.