[Lazarus] TMySQL51Connection: Keep connection alive

[michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be]

On Wed, 5 Dec 2012, Andrey Smyntyna wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I need some explanation of how to do persistent connection to MySQL
> database and restore it if it has broken.
>
> In my test project I have created TMySQL51Connection component with
> KeepConnection property set to True
> and additionaly before making any database operations I check connection
> availability like below:
>
>  if not dm.mysql.Connected then
>      dm.mysql.Connected := True;
>
> But sometimes I anyway get connection error with the fact that MySQL server
> is present and available in network.

As far as I know, the 'Keepconnection' is not functional.

Michael.