I originally replied to Ms. Johnson off list but I'll post here for everyone else following this topic. I am not a developer but the following is what I've come across on the subject. According to Bug #1089 http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1089 MySQL 5 will NOT be supported in Koha 2.x. Apparently MySQL 5 introduces more problems other than reserved keywords. It's my understanding that the fix isn't as simple as fixing the keywords and the search problems. The patch that is included in that bug report makes a LOT of changes, stats modules, aquistions, etc. And the authour indicates that there are still additional problems the patch doesn't fix or even introduces. The probable reason that MySQL 5 isn't supported is that it's a major undertaking to change everything and then test it. Also the 2.x branch is supposed to be stable so a major change like this is not recommended. AFAIK you will have to wait for Koha 3.0 to support MySQL 5 (of course it can be modified to work if you really want it to). If the developers have changed their plans someone please correct me. Mike D. -----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz]On Behalf Of Alex King Sent: September 29, 2006 5:40 PM To: BWS Johnson Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] MySQL 5 fixes It looks like Koha version 2.2.5 was released in January. Normally, the download for 2.2.5 wouldn't be changed. I would assume the fixes are in the pipeline for the next version in the series, 2.2.6. So when 2.2.6 is released I would expect it will work nicely with MySQL5. Perhaps a warning could be put on the download page mentioning the MySQL5 issue. Cheers, Alex BWS Johnson wrote:
Salvete!
Is there a reason that the reserved language switch to make Koha play nice with MySQL 5 hasn't been incorporated into the downloads yet? Am I missing something?
Cheers, Brooke @ Hinsdale MA ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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