Cannot conect to MySql server

[fnoefen]

Hey, im trying to connect to an sql server but i keep getting this error:

MySQL: Unable to set the client character set to utf8 (""). Using 'utf8mb3' instead.

i do not think its a problem with finding the database, because if i change the name i get this error instead:

MySQL: Unable to set the client character set to utf8 ("Unknown database 'MyDatabase2'"). Using 'utf8mb3' instead.

also, im on Ubuntu, if that matters.

main.cpp:

#include <iostream>
#include <QtSql>
#include <QSqlDatabase>



int main()
{

    QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QMYSQL");
    db.setHostName("localhost");
    db.setUserName("MyUser");
    db.setPassword("MyPassword");
    db.setDatabaseName("MyDatabase");
    db.open();

    return 0;
}

CMakeLists.txt:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)

project(sqlProjekt LANGUAGES CXX)

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)

find_package(Qt6 COMPONENTS Sql REQUIRED)


add_executable(sqlProjekt main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(sqlProjekt PRIVATE Qt6::Sql)

can you please help me?

[JonB]

@fnoefen
Is this actually an error or just a message? Does your db.open() succeed? It sounds like a MySQL issue, how did you install/configure that?

[Christian Ehrlicher]

What exact Qt version do you use?
You should actually check if db.open() succeeds as @JonB already said.

[fnoefen]

weather or not its an error im not sure, it's colored red in the output, so i just assumed it was.
but checking the qt version was a great idea as i am apparently not using qt 6 but 5, and changing that in my cakelist seems to have fixed the issue.
Thanks for making me realise my stupid mistake :)

[Christian Ehrlicher]

I was asking for the exact Qt version because of this: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-97054