MySQL: Any way to use compressed protocols?

[Mara]

Hi!


I made my first test app using the livecode demo. I had the intention to create an offline extension to a webapp we already have. This extension requires megabytes worth of data that needs to be stored locally from an external mysql source to sqlite. The connection will be through slow mobile networks most of the time.

With a typical mobile connection, updating the database is going to take hours. Is there really no way to enable the MYSQL_CLIENT_COMPRESS flag in LC?