instance method connect

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb, line 537
        def connect
          encoding = @config[:encoding]
          if encoding
            @connection.options(Mysql::SET_CHARSET_NAME, encoding) rescue nil
          end

          if @config[:sslca] || @config[:sslkey]
            @connection.ssl_set(@config[:sslkey], @config[:sslcert], @config[:sslca], @config[:sslcapath], @config[:sslcipher])
          end

          @connection.real_connect(*@connection_options)

          # reconnect must be set after real_connect is called, because real_connect sets it to false internally
          @connection.reconnect = !!@config[:reconnect] if @connection.respond_to?(:reconnect=)

          configure_connection
        end