Re: mysql-connector-java-3.1.7-bin.jar

It seems the new versions of the connector can still work with the old-style
passwords. I had the password on the 5.x MySQL set to old-style, so that
older versions of php could connect to it, and I am able to still connect
under the newest versions of connectorJ. -Ike

"Roedy Green" <my_email_is_posted_on_my_website@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:13:40 GMT, "Ike" <rxv@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote,
> quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>
> >After Mysql 4.1.1 there is a new password hashing algorithm involved
>
> I remember reading in the comments they suggested avoiding the
> password hash feature and using an explicit digest function. Perhaps
> they have that old function now exposed with a name to get at directly
> under new versions.
> --
> Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
> http://mindprod.com Java custom programming, consulting and coaching.


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