Platform Notes
Development of the code in this book took place under MySQL 3.23 and
4.0. Because new features are added to MySQL on a regular basis, some
examples will not work under older versions. I've
tried to point out version dependencies when introducing such
features for the first time.
The MySQL
language API modules that I used include DBI 1.20 and up,
DBD::mysql 2.0901 and up, MySQLdb 0.9 and up,
MM.MySQL 2.0.5 and up, and MySQL Connector/J 2.0.14. DBI requires
Perl 5.004_05 or higher up through DBI 1.20, after which it requires
Perl 5.005_03 or higher. MySQLdb requires Python 1.5.6 or higher.
MM.MySQL and MySQL Connector/J require Java SDK 1.1 or higher.
Language processors include Perl 5.6 and 5.6.1; PHP 3 and 4; Python
1.5.6, 2.2; and 2.3, and Java SDK 1.3.1. Most PHP scripts shown here
will run under either PHP 3 or PHP 4 (although I strongly recommend
PHP 4 over PHP 3). Scripts that require PHP 4 are so noted.
I do not
assume that you are using Unix, although that is my own preferred
development platform. Most of the material here should be applicable
both to Unix and Windows. The operating systems I used most for
development of the recipes in this book were Mac OS X; RedHat Linux
6.2, 7.0, and 7.3; and various versions of Windows (Me, 98, NT, and
2000).
I do assume that MySQL is installed already and available for you to
use. I also assume that if you plan to write your own MySQL-based
programs, you're reasonably familiar with the
language you'll use. If you need to install
software, see Appendix A. If you require background
material on the programming languages used here, see Appendix C.
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