Hi Warren,
* Warren Young <mysqlpp@stripped> [081127 11:30]:
> Nick Hastings wrote:
>>> I also ran the above under strace, and it seems that .my.cnf is never
>>> read when MultiResultsOption is not set.
>>
>> Anyone care to try this on their machine?
>
> Sorry for the long time in getting back to you on this. I just tried it
> and verified it. You can fix it like this:
>
> con.set_option(new mysqlpp::ReadDefaultFileOption("/home/foo/.my.cnf"));
>
> Call that before you call con.connect(), and it'll work.
Cool. I'll give it a try.
> I don't think this is a MySQL++ bug. It seems to just be a weird
> limitation of the C API. It's not even as simple as the C API resetting
> the default value for the ReadDefaultFileOption, because you can set it
> *before* you set MultiResultsOption, and this still works. Once you've
> set ReadDefaultFileOption explicitly instead of relying on the default
> behavior, all is well. If I were you, I'd file this as a bug with
> MySQL, Inc., on libmysqlclient.
Interesting.
I'll have a play with the C API directly then sub a bug based on what
I find.
Cheers,
Nick.
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Nicholas C. Hastings, Research Staff
Aihara Group/Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo
