Is it possible to check via php what version of mysql is running and if it is a 4.1.x or better version to see if it is using the --old-password switch or not? I would like to know so that I can code both ways and just have a conditional statement direct which code is used... Thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php