Index: trunk/ippToPsps/jython/mysql.py
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--- trunk/ippToPsps/jython/mysql.py	(revision 35222)
+++ trunk/ippToPsps/jython/mysql.py	(revision 35417)
@@ -46,4 +46,18 @@
             self.logger.errorPair("Unable to connect to", connectionStr)
             self.connected = False
+            raise
+
+        # determine the mysql major version number:
+        sql = "SELECT @@version"
+
+        try:
+            rs = self.executeQuery(sql)
+            rs.first()
+            fullVersion = rs.getString(1)
+            majVersion = fullVersion[0:3]
+            self.version = float(majVersion)
+            
+        except:
+            print "failed to get version number"
             raise