[TYPO3-core] Warning in t3lib_db line 1047

[Stefan Geith]

Martin Kutschker schrieb:
> Stefan Geith schrieb:
>> ...
>>   $columns_res = mysql_query('SHOW CHARACTER SET', $this->link);
>> ...
> Please consult the Mysql docs. They state that this is supported since 4.1.
> 
>> --------
>>
>> Does anybody know what impact it has, if no
>> charsets can be read from mysql ?
>>
>> Should the above change get applied to the core ?
> 
> Only if TYPO3 4.2 is supposed to run on Mysql 4.0 or even 3.23. 
> Personally I think that 4.2 should require at least 4.1 I have asked on 
> the list for a decision but unlike the PHP rquirement there was never an 
> official statement about it.
> 
> As TYPO3 4.2 runs probably fine on 4.0 besides this issue it might be a 
> nice move to add this code to the Core. OTOH it's always a good move to 
> check the result set. I think it's somewhat sloppy if it's missing.
> 
> For 4.3 we should remove it again (or better not add it to the trunk) 
> and make a Mysql version check in the installer and in the about module 
> (where the other admin warnings are).

All managed webservers at 1+1 only have mySql 4.0 and there is no
chance to get 5.x or even 4.1 ... :(

So I'll make a bug-tracker entry and post a patch - OK ?

And I think it should go into 4.2.x and 4.3.

-

Stefan