3. MySQL Driver Parameters3.1. Connection parameters3.2. Statement parameters3.1. Connection parameters compress=[yes,no] - Turn on/off compression protocol dbless=[yes,no] - Connect to the real database or not (dbless mode) useresult=[yes,no] - Fetching rows using UseResult instead StoreResult. timeout=<seconds> - Connection timeout in seconds. codepage=<client codepage> - Sets a client codepage. It executes a SET CHARACTER SET <client codepage> statement righ after connect. Refer your MySQL server manual for details. all mysql_real_connect clientflags are now supported using the names from the enum type below. (Eg. CLIENT_MULTI_STATEMENTS=TRUE) : TMYSQL_CLIENT_OPTIONS = ( CLIENT_LONG_PASSWORD, { = 1; { new more secure passwords } CLIENT_FOUND_ROWS , { = 2; { Found instead of affected rows } CLIENT_LONG_FLAG , { = 4; { Get all column flags } CLIENT_CONNECT_WITH_DB , { = 8; { One can specify db on connect } CLIENT_NO_SCHEMA , { = 16; { Don't allow database.table.column } CLIENT_COMPRESS , { = 32; { Can use compression protcol } CLIENT_ODBC , { = 64; { Odbc client } CLIENT_LOCAL_FILES , { = 128; { Can use LOAD DATA LOCAL } CLIENT_IGNORE_SPACE , { = 256; { Ignore spaces before '(' } CLIENT_CHANGE_USER , { = 512; { Support the mysql_change_user() } CLIENT_INTERACTIVE , { = 1024; { This is an interactive client } CLIENT_SSL , { = 2048; { Switch to SSL after handshake } CLIENT_IGNORE_SIGPIPE , { = 4096; { IGNORE sigpipes } CLIENT_TRANSACTIONS , { = 8196; { Client knows about transactions } CLIENT_RESERVED , { = 16384; { Old flag for 4.1 protocol } CLIENT_SECURE_CONNECTION , {= 32768; { New 4.1 authentication } CLIENT_MULTI_STATEMENTS , {= 65536; { Enable/disable multi-stmt support } CLIENT_MULTI_RESULTS , { = 131072; { Enable/disable multi-results } CLIENT_OPT_18, {2^18 = 262144} CLIENT_OPT_19,{2^19 = 524288} CLIENT_OPT_20, {2^20 = 1048576} CLIENT_OPT_21, {2^21 = 2097152 } CLIENT_OPT_22, {2^22 = 4194304} CLIENT_OPT_23, {2^23 = 8388608 } CLIENT_OPT_24, {2^24 = 16777216 } CLIENT_OPT_25, {2^25 = 33554432} CLIENT_OPT_26, {2^26 = 67108864} CLIENT_OPT_27, {2^27 = 134217728} CLIENT_OPT_28, {2^28 = 268435456} CLIENT_OPT_29, {2^29 = 536870912} CLIENT_OPT_30, {2^30 = 1073741824} CLIENT_REMEMBER_OPTIONS { = 2147483648; {Enable/disable multi-results });