--- mysql_driver.c.orig	Fri Nov 25 17:59:52 2005
+++ mysql_driver.c	Fri Dec 16 14:02:59 2005
@@ -163,17 +163,22 @@
 	char *nsql = NULL;
 	int nsql_len = 0;
 	int ret;
+	int server_version;
 #endif
 	
 	S->H = H;
 	stmt->driver_data = S;
 	stmt->methods = &mysql_stmt_methods;
 
-	/* TODO: add runtime check to determine if the server we are talking to supports
-	 * prepared statements; if it doesn't, we should set stmt->supports_placeholders
-	 * to PDO_PLACEHOLDER_NONE, and have the rest of the code look at S->stmt to
+	/* TODO: have the rest of the code look at S->stmt to
 	 * determine if we're using real prepared statements or the PDO emulated version */
 #if HAVE_MYSQL_STMT_PREPARE
+	/* Runtime check to determine if the server we are talking to supports prepared
+	 * statements */
+	server_version = mysql_get_server_version(H->server);
+	if (server_version < 40100) {
+		goto fallback;
+	}
 	stmt->supports_placeholders = PDO_PLACEHOLDER_POSITIONAL;
 	ret = pdo_parse_params(stmt, (char*)sql, sql_len, &nsql, &nsql_len TSRMLS_CC);