Unsolved Which database driver should I choose to connect to GearHost Server
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I would like to connect to database hosted by gearhost.com. The database has been designed using MySQL language. In my mac, I haven't installed MySQL however, the driver for the Qt is installed. My question is is installing MySQL necessary? How can I design an application where the users of the application should not worry about installing extra driver in order to use the application? At this moment, running the following script
qDebug() << QSqlDatabase::drivers(); QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QMYSQL"); db.setHostName("den1.mysql3.gear.host"); db.setDatabaseName("xxxxxx"); //<-- I have the real data db.setUserName("xxxxxx"); //<-- I have the real data db.setPassword("xxxxxx"); //<-- I have the real data bool ok = db.open(); qDebug() << ok;
The output is
("QSQLITE", "QMYSQL", "QMYSQL3", "QODBC", "QODBC3", "QPSQL", "QPSQL7") QSqlDatabase: QMYSQL driver not loaded QSqlDatabase: available drivers: QSQLITE QMYSQL QMYSQL3 QODBC QODBC3 QPSQL QPSQL7 false
Choosing
QSQLITE
, the connection is always true even if I turn off the Internet connection. Obviously, there is something incorrect. -
Under windows you need a dll which you have to get separately from MySql webpage. For windows these are 2 libraries (the lib-stumpand the dll) to be correct.
IIRC you can compile, link and run your application without, but you cannot connect.Hope this helps.