Index: includes/database.mysql.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/database.mysql.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -b -r1.25 database.mysql.inc
--- includes/database.mysql.inc	9 Sep 2004 05:51:08 -0000	1.25
+++ includes/database.mysql.inc	20 Oct 2004 20:30:07 -0000
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
  * and might require additional database/webserver tuning. It can increase
  * performance, however, when the overhead to connect to your database is high
  * (e.g. your database and web server live on different machines).
+ *
+ * MYSQL_CLIENT_COMPRESS is only valid since MySQL 4.2.x, but can dramatically
+ * improve your performance (since Drupal data is mostly text transfers)
  */
 function db_connect($url) {
   $url = parse_url($url);
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@
      $url['host'] = $url['host'] .':'. $url['port'];
   }
 
-  $connection = mysql_connect($url['host'], $url['user'], $url['pass']) or die(mysql_error());
+  $connection = mysql_connect($url['host'], $url['user'], $url['pass'], FALSE, MYSQL_CLIENT_COMPRESS) or die(mysql_error());
   mysql_select_db(substr($url['path'], 1)) or die('unable to select database');
 
   return $connection;