diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index e3e95c1ec3..702a43ef5a 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-10-23 23:29 GMT+2 Maurilio Longo <maurilio.longo@libero.it>
+   * contrib/mysql/*.prg
+      * changes / fixes as needed :-)
+   * include/hbdbf.h
+      + added #pragma pack() for GCC under OS/2
+
 2000-10-23 14:00 UTC-0400 David G. Holm <dholm@jsd-llc.com>
    * include/hbver.h
      * Bumped revision code to "i" and date to 2000-10-23 in
diff --git a/harbour/contrib/mysql/dbf2mysql.prg b/harbour/contrib/mysql/dbf2mysql.prg
index 69f51788ac..fd6a19532c 100644
--- a/harbour/contrib/mysql/dbf2mysql.prg
+++ b/harbour/contrib/mysql/dbf2mysql.prg
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ procedure main(c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, c6, c7, c8, c9, c10, c11, c12, c13, c14)
    SET CENTURY ON
    SET EPOCH TO 1960
 
+   // At present time (23/10/00) DBFCDX is default RDD and DBFNTX is
+   // now DBF (I mean the one able to handle .DBTs :-))
+   rddSetDefault( "DBF" )
+
    if PCount() < 6
       help()
       quit
diff --git a/harbour/contrib/mysql/tmysql.prg b/harbour/contrib/mysql/tmysql.prg
index 448b68ecd1..d6f5f15b45 100644
--- a/harbour/contrib/mysql/tmysql.prg
+++ b/harbour/contrib/mysql/tmysql.prg
@@ -40,36 +40,6 @@
 #include "mysql.ch"
 
 
-// Returns an SQL string with clipper value converted ie. Date() -> "'YYYY-MM-DD'"
-static function ClipValue2SQL(Value)
-
-   local cValue := ""
-
-   do case
-      case Valtype(Value) == "N"
-         cValue := AllTrim(Str(Value))
-
-      case Valtype(Value) == "D"
-         if !Empty(Value)
-            // MySQL dates are like YYYY-MM-DD
-            cValue := "'" + Str(Year(Value), 4) + "-" + PadL(Month(Value), 2, "0") + "-" + PadL(Day(Value), 2, "0") + "'"
-         else
-            cValue := "''"
-         endif
-
-      case Valtype(Value) == "C"
-         cValue := "'" + StrTran(Value, "'", "\'") + "'"
-
-      case Valtype(Value) == "L"
-         cValue := AllTrim(Str(iif(Value == .F., 0, 1)))
-
-      otherwise
-         cValue := "''"       // NOTE: Here we lose values we cannot convert
-
-   endcase
-
-return cValue
-
 
 // Every single row of an answer
 CLASS TMySQLRow
@@ -421,7 +391,12 @@ METHOD GetRow(nRow) CLASS TMySQLQuery
                   // Date format YYYY-MM-DD
                   aRow[i] := CToD(__StrToken(aRow[i], 2, ",") + "-" + __StrToken(aRow[i], 3, ",") + "-" + __StrToken(aRow[i], 1, ","))
                endif
+
+             case ::aFieldStruct[i][MYSQL_FS_TYPE] == MYSQL_BLOB_TYPE
+               // Memo field
+
              otherwise
+
              endcase
          next
 
@@ -714,6 +689,9 @@ METHOD CreateTable(cTable, aStruct) CLASS TMySQLServer
       case aStruct[i][DBS_TYPE] == "C"
          cCreateQuery += aStruct[i][DBS_NAME] + " char(" + AllTrim(Str(aStruct[i][DBS_LEN])) + ")" + Eval(cNN, aStruct[i]) + ","
 
+      case aStruct[i][DBS_TYPE] == "M"
+         cCreateQuery += aStruct[i][DBS_NAME] + " text" + Eval(cNN, aStruct[i]) + ","
+
       case aStruct[i][DBS_TYPE] == "N"
          if aStruct[i][DBS_DEC] == 0
             cCreateQuery += aStruct[i][DBS_NAME] + " int(" + AllTrim(Str(aStruct[i][DBS_LEN])) + ")" + Eval(cNN, aStruct[i]) + ","
@@ -827,7 +805,7 @@ METHOD Query(cQuery) CLASS TMySQLServer
       oQuery := TMySQLQuery():New(::nSocket, cQuery)
    endif
 
-   if oQuery:nNumRows < 0
+   if oQuery:NetErr()
       ::lError := .T.
    endif
 
@@ -917,3 +895,35 @@ METHOD TableStruct(cTable) CLASS TMySQLServer
    endif*/
 
 return aStruct
+
+
+// Returns an SQL string with clipper value converted ie. Date() -> "'YYYY-MM-DD'"
+static function ClipValue2SQL(Value)
+
+   local cValue := ""
+
+   do case
+      case Valtype(Value) == "N"
+         cValue := AllTrim(Str(Value))
+
+      case Valtype(Value) == "D"
+         if !Empty(Value)
+            // MySQL dates are like YYYY-MM-DD
+            cValue := "'" + Str(Year(Value), 4) + "-" + PadL(Month(Value), 2, "0") + "-" + PadL(Day(Value), 2, "0") + "'"
+         else
+            cValue := "''"
+         endif
+
+      case Valtype(Value) $ "CM"
+         cValue := "'" + StrTran(Value, "'", "\'") + "'"
+
+      case Valtype(Value) == "L"
+         cValue := AllTrim(Str(iif(Value == .F., 0, 1)))
+
+      otherwise
+         cValue := "''"       // NOTE: Here we lose values we cannot convert
+
+   endcase
+
+return cValue
+
diff --git a/harbour/contrib/mysql/tsqlbrw.prg b/harbour/contrib/mysql/tsqlbrw.prg
index f6ed537b58..739b670725 100644
--- a/harbour/contrib/mysql/tsqlbrw.prg
+++ b/harbour/contrib/mysql/tsqlbrw.prg
@@ -95,14 +95,18 @@ METHOD Block(xNewValue) CLASS TBColumnSQL
    case ValType(xValue) == "L"
       xValue := iif(xValue, ".T.", ".F.")
 
-   case ValType(xValue) $ "CM"
+   case ValType(xValue) == "C"
       // Chr(34) is a double quote
       // That is: if there is a double quote inside text substitute it with a string
       // which gets converted back to a double quote by macro operator. If not it would
       // give an error because of unbalanced double quotes.
       xValue := Chr(34) + StrTran(xValue, Chr(34), Chr(34) + "+Chr(34)+" + Chr(34)) + Chr(34)
 
+   case ValType(xValue) == "M"
+      xValue := "'<MEMO>'"
+
    otherwise
+
    endcase
 
 return &("{||" + xValue + "}")
diff --git a/harbour/include/hbdbf.h b/harbour/include/hbdbf.h
index 8f6d0a428e..79e6dc9e18 100644
--- a/harbour/include/hbdbf.h
+++ b/harbour/include/hbdbf.h
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
 
 #include "hbapirdd.h"
 
+/* 23/10/00 - maurilio.longo@libero.it
+   When using GCC under OS/2 pack(1) byte aligns every structure */
+#if defined(__EMX__) && ! defined(__RSXNT__)
+   #pragma pack(1)
+#endif
+
 #if defined(HB_EXTERN_C)
 extern "C" {
 #endif
@@ -81,4 +87,9 @@ typedef DBFFIELD * LPDBFFIELD;
 }
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__EMX__) && ! defined(__RSXNT__)
+   #pragma pack()
+#endif
+
+
 #endif /* HB_DBF_H_ */
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