- Add property Capabilities to TMySQLConnection which is automatically filled after connect. Can be easily used by client-applications to decide if a feature can be used or not. The client will not need to know the relevant version numbers.
- documentation
- Consistently rename TSQL* types to TMySQL*
- Read ServerVersionStr always "live" by calling GetServerVersionStr as the reader. The version string *can* change after a reconnect.
- popupmenu in query memo
- query helpers
- SynCompletionProposal
Drops function.txt and parser for that file.
Pros:
- No dependency on this file anymore
- Much easier and safer coding
- File-parsing no longer needed
Notes:
The old function.txt was meant to be editable and extensible for users but I never saw or heard anyone who does that, most likely because it wasn't documented. Another problem was that the file resided in the programs-directory, where only administrators have write-access, so in these cases it couldn't be edited anyway.
The PHP file in /extras can be used for creating an up-to-date list for mysql.pas .
As not all functions of the new list are available in all mysql-versions, it would be the best if we would fetch the list by the use of HELP commands. Contra: Would result in poor performancing popupmenu and many servers don't have the help-tables filled.
