Do you "have_community_features"? I do!SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'have_community_features';+-------------------------+-------+| Variable_name | Value |+-------------------------+-------+| have_community_features | YES | +-------------------------+-------+1 row in set (0.00 sec)I am pretty sure this is one of those variables that MySQL has put in as an unused placeholder, but for now, it is not even documented as unused (as are table_lock_wait_timeout,

Today's contradiction:MySQL has server variables named "new" and "old".The "new" variable can be set per-session and globally, and is dynamic. The "old" variable is not dynamic, and only global in scope. Both default to FALSE in MySQL 5.1.According to the manual, the "new" variable:was used in MySQL 4.0 to turn on some 4.1