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<chapter xml:id="mysqlnd.incompatibilities" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<title>Incompatibilities</title>
<para>
MySQL Native Driver is in most cases compatible with MySQL Client Library
(<literal>libmysql</literal>). This section documents incompatibilities
between these libraries.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Values of <literal>bit</literal> data type are returned as binary strings
(e.g. "\0" or "\x1F") with <literal>libmysql</literal> and as decimal
strings (e.g. "0" or "31") with <literal>mysqlnd</literal>. If you want the
code to be compatible with both libraries then always return bit fields as
numbers from MySQL with a query like this:
<literal>SELECT bit + 0 FROM table</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</chapter>
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