R 2.81 crashes with MYSQL 5.31

R crashes with the following code. Lots of us would really would like to use 
R with MYSQL. 
So please help. As mentioned in another note, where might I find a 5.0 
libmySQL.dll?

PROBLEM A: the dbSendQuery (see below) SQL crashes R. Wants to send an error 
report to Microsoft. (MAJOR)
PROBLEM B: the initial library load points to an ancient mysql version. 
(minor)

OPERATING SYSTEM INFORMATION
----------------------------
OS..........: Win XP sp3
R...........: 2.8.1
RMySQL.dll..: 0.7-3
MYSQL.......: 5.31
libmySQL.dll: 1/23/2009 3:45am (no version info, tsk tsk tsk Sun 
Microsystems)


R WINDOW EXECUTION
----------------------------

library(RMySQL)

Loading required package: DBI
Warning message:
In inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) :

 RMySQL was compiled with MySQL 5.0.67 but loading MySQL 5.1.31 instead!
 This may cause problems with your database connections.

 Please install MySQL 5.0.67.

 If you have already done so, you may need to set your environment
 variable MYSQL_HOME to the proper install directory.

mycon <- dbConnect(MySQL(), user='root', dbname="mysql", 

password='f5^b678&')

rs <- dbSendQuery(mycon,

+      "SELECT *
+      FROM precinct
+      WHERE `Precinct-Ballot Style` LIKE '1120%';"
+      )

Thanks,
Jim Burke