This version is mostly changes to the build system. If your current version is working, you can stick with it.

o Visual C++ build now requires GNU make. It is tested to work with either the Cygwin or the MinGW versions. The previous version of MySQL++ used nmake. This change enabled the following features:

o Debug and Release versions are both built into separate subdirectories.

o Dependency tracking for release version works correctly now. (Previously dependencies worked only for debug version.)

o 'make clean' removes release version binaries in addition to debug versions.

o MinGW makemake support updated to support new release/debug subdirectory system. This is probationary support, since this code currently can't be built as a DLL. As a result, it is no more useful than the Cygwin version, for licensing reasons.

o Several fixes to allow building on Solaris 8. These fixes may also help on other SVR4-derived systems.

o Removed Borland C++ makemake support, because this version of the library does not work completely, and there seems to be almost no user interest in fixing it.

o Clarified "Handling SQL Nulls" section of user manual's Tutorial chapter.