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  • SGaistS Offline
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    SGaist
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    Then start your application with the QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS environment variable set to 1. That will give you some more information about what is happening.

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      mleoni
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      Thanks for the suggestion!
      This is the relevant output

      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/opt/Qt/5.10.1/gcc_64/plugins/sqldrivers" ...
      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/opt/Qt/5.10.1/gcc_64/plugins/sqldrivers/libqsqlite.so"
      Found metadata in lib /opt/Qt/5.10.1/gcc_64/plugins/sqldrivers/libqsqlite.so, metadata=
      {
          "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QSqlDriverFactoryInterface",
          "MetaData": {
              "Keys": [
                  "QSQLITE"
              ]
          },
          "className": "QSQLiteDriverPlugin",
          "debug": false,
          "version": 330241
      }
      
      
      Got keys from plugin meta data ("QSQLITE")
      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/opt/Qt/5.10.1/gcc_64/plugins/sqldrivers/libqsqlmysql.so"
      Found metadata in lib /opt/Qt/5.10.1/gcc_64/plugins/sqldrivers/libqsqlmysql.so, metadata=
      {
          "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QSqlDriverFactoryInterface",
          "MetaData": {
              "Keys": [
                  "QMYSQL3",
                  "QMYSQL"
              ]
          },
          "className": "QMYSQLDriverPlugin",
          "debug": false,
          "version": 330241
      }
      
      
      Got keys from plugin meta data ("QMYSQL3", "QMYSQL")
      
      
      loaded library "/opt/Qt/5.10.1/gcc_64/plugins/sqldrivers/libqsqlmysql.so"
      "Driver not loaded Driver not loaded"
      

      Meanwhile I have run the Qt example sqlbrowser and it does successfully connect to my MySQL local server, it shows me the database and the tables. This makes me suspect that there is an error in the code, but what could it be?

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      • SGaistS Offline
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        Debug VS Release version of the plugin ?

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          mleoni
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          #8

          Sorry, I don't understand the question :(
          Are you asking me to compare two different builds of the same plugin?

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            Did you build your plugin for both debug and release ?

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              Homer2000
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              #10

              need dynamic lib for mysql. For linux it's libmysqlclient.so.16 or libmysqlclient.so.18 for your target platform.

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              • SGaistS SGaist

                Did you build your plugin for both debug and release ?

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                @SGaist I built just one, with the default configuration. I will check which one when I get back to my home pc. What difference does it make? Could it work with one but not the other one?

                @Homer2000 I am using a shared library, except my distribution [like many others] now uses MariaDB as a replacement for MySQL, so I link to libmariadb.so or something similar

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                  @SGaist I built just one, with the default configuration. I will check which one when I get back to my home pc. What difference does it make? Could it work with one but not the other one?

                  @Homer2000 I am using a shared library, except my distribution [like many others] now uses MariaDB as a replacement for MySQL, so I link to libmariadb.so or something similar

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                  @mleoni said in Cannot connect to databases, Driver not loaded error.:

                  MariaDB

                  MariaDB use libqsqlmysql plugin?

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                    SGaist
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                    @Homer2000 No, by default the Qt MySQL plugin links against the MySQL client libraries.

                    You can build it to use MariaDB though.

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                      mleoni
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                      Ok, I found out what I was doing wrong.
                      The code that I was using is

                      QSqlDatabase db;
                      db.addDatabase("QMYSQL");
                      

                      and it was giving me the error above, whereas the correct way to do it is

                      QSqlDatabase db;
                      db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QMYSQL");
                      

                      and with this code it works fine.

                      I don't know why this is the case, I guess today I just learnt something new on Qt, thanks for the help everyboody!

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                        Christian Ehrlicher
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                        @mleoni said in Cannot connect to databases, Driver not loaded error.:

                        I don't know why this is the case,

                        Because QSqlDatabase::addDatabase() is a static function - no Qt magic here.

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                          mleoni
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                          I see, so my mistake was letting the returned value go lost. Thanks for clarifying this!

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                            Please take the time to read the QSqlDatabase documentation. It shows how to use it properly.

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                              mleoni
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                              #18

                              Thanks for the reference!

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