Re: [Slashcode-general] Seconds_Behind_Master patch

[Jamie M. <ja...@mc...>]

sh...@lo... (shane) writes:

> My thinking is create a var that controls the behavior, it's
> default being "use old method". Then write the new code, test,
> diff, submit patch.

I'd prefer it to examine the DB on startup and automatically
use the new behavior if available, on a slave-by-slave basis.
Note that SELECT VERSION() returns cruft in the string, e.g. my
MySQL returns "5.0.22-Debian_0ubuntu6.06.3-log", but I think
/^([\d.]+)/ is a reliable version number.
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  Jamie McCarthy
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