OK, I was finally able to connect. What about this:
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Step 1: Open the existing recordset or other server behavior.
Step 2: Switch to the new MySQLi connection.
Migration complete!
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All that I could see happened was a new _i connection file was created. Do I still have to hand edit all the queries etc in the application? I have tons of these and it appears there are NO recordset defined that carry through.