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QSqlDatabase: QMYSQL driver not loaded
QSqlDatabase: available drivers: QSQLITE QMYSQL QMYSQL3 QODBC QODBC3 QPSQL QPSQL7
Failed to connect.
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code main.cpp console app ---
DatabaseConnection.pro

QT += core sql
#QT -= gui

CONFIG += c++11 console
CONFIG -= app_bundle

# The following define makes your compiler emit warnings if you use
# any Qt feature that has been marked deprecated (the exact warnings
# depend on your compiler). Please consult the documentation of the
# deprecated API in order to know how to port your code away from it.
DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS

# You can also make your code fail to compile if it uses deprecated APIs.
# In order to do so, uncomment the following line.
# You can also select to disable deprecated APIs only up to a certain version of Qt.
#DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0

SOURCES += \
        main.cpp

# Default rules for deployment.
qnx: target.path = /tmp/$${TARGET}/bin
else: unix:!android: target.path = /opt/$${TARGET}/bin
!isEmpty(target.path): INSTALLS += target

// main.cpp

#include <QCoreApplication>
#include <QtSql>
#include <QSqlDatabase>
#include <QSqlQuery>
#include <QDebug>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);

    QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QMYSQL"); // QMARIADB
    db.setHostName("127.0.0.1");
    db.setPort(33061);  // <<< MysQL Server 8.0 |  XAMPP MySQL 3306 
    db.setDatabaseName("test");
    db.setUserName("root");
    db.setPassword("123456"); //    XAMPP Mysql empty pass  ''

    if (db.open())
    {
        qDebug() << "Connected!";
    }
    else
    {
        qDebug() << "Failed to connect.";
        return 0;
    }


  QString command = "SELECT my_user.username, department.name AS deptname FROM (SELECT * FROM user WHERE status = 0) AS my_user INNER JOIN department ON department.id = my_user.deptID";
    QSqlQuery query(db);
    if (query.exec(command))
    {
        while(query.next())
        {
            QString username = query.value("username").toString();
            QString department = query.value("deptname").toString();

            qDebug() << username << department;
        }
    }

    return a.exec();
}