HI > > I made a force install of mysql4 (#rpm -hiv --force ...) but it went wrong. no wonder. its a bad idea to force install anything without understanding the exact consequences of your action > > Does anyone know if there is a rpm for mysql5? mysql.com has the rpms. its considered beta Does a symbolic link to the > new lib libmysqlclient.so.14 from libmysqlclient.so.10 will make other > programs work? depends on whether they are API and ABI compatible. in general no -- Regards, Rahul Sundaram