General source-code cleanup.

The driver now only works with JDK-1.2 or newer.

Fix and sort primary key names in DBMetaData (SF bugs 582086 and 582086).

ResultSet.getTimestamp() now works for DATE types (SF bug 559134).

Float types now reported as java.sql.Types.FLOAT (SF bug 579573).

Support for streaming (row-by-row) result sets (see README) Thanks to Doron.

Testsuite now uses Junit (which you can get from http://www.junit.org.

JDBC Compliance: Passes all tests besides stored procedure tests.

ResultSet.getDate/Time/Timestamp now recognizes all forms of invalid values that have been set to all zeros by MySQL (SF bug 586058).

Added multi-host failover support (see README).

Repackaging: New driver name is com.mysql.jdbc.Driver, old name still works, though (the driver is now provided by MySQL-AB).

Support for large packets (new addition to MySQL-4.0 protocol), see README for more information.

Better checking for closed connections in Statement and PreparedStatement.

Performance improvements in string handling and field metadata creation (lazily instantiated) contributed by Alex Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes.

JDBC-3.0 functionality including Statement/PreparedStatement.getGeneratedKeys() and ResultSet.getURL().

Overall speed improvements via controlling transient object creation in MysqlIO class when reading packets.

!!! LICENSE CHANGE !!! The driver is now GPL. If you need non-GPL licenses, please contact me <mark@mysql.com>.

Performance enchancements: Driver is now 50–100% faster in most situations, and creates fewer temporary objects.