Now that's really nice!

>See Re: SqlStringConnection Message #884312
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>>I am working on a VFP application client that uses MySQL as backend.
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>>On the client I have the Connector/ODBC driver of MySQL installed (v. 3.51.14).
>>Now I issue the following command in order to check whether the database can be accessed:
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>>?sqlstringconnect("DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};UID=root; server=192.168.0.1")

>>If it returns > 0 then I know that the MySQL server is accessible and the application can continue.
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>>If the server is not available at that moment, the MySQL driver pops up a Driver Connect dialog where the user can enter the servername, username, password and database name. Now that is very confusing for the user and I would like to avoid this dialog.
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>>Is there another way to check whether the MySQL database is accessible, or is there a way to set in the MySQL driver properties (somewhere) that this dialog should not be shown?
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>>Thanks for your help in advance.