Thanks - that is the problem.
In case anyone else encounters this, the issue is that Debian 8.0 (Jessie)
installs Maria 10.0.28, which is MySQL 5.6 compatible, but version 5.5 of
libmysqlclient18.so
Version 5.6 is available in the jessie-backports repository (see
https://packages.debian.org/je
> But when I attempt to access the databases from my project the MySQL 5.6
connector throws an error: "Cannot work with installed MySQL Client version;
got 5.5.0 expected 5.6"
>
> Using TMySQL55Connection doesn't work either: there is a more general
> error message, basically "unable to connect".
On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 8:28 PM, Gordon Findlay via Lazarus <
lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
> I have a project which uses a TMySQL56Connection to work with a MariaDB
> version 10.0.28 For unrelated reasons I moved it from an OpenSUSE LEAP 42.1
> box to a Debian 8 one.
>
> They have the sam
