[wp-hackers] How to determine install version of MySQL?

[James Davis]

Williams Phillip wrote:

> Is there a hook/method that I could use to not allow the plug-in to be 
> activated unless MySQL is v5 or better?

No. The reasoning was explained recently in trac:

http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3792

You can write an SQL query to check the version of MySQL installed if 
you really want to, but you're strongly encouraged not to.

James

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