instance method connect

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb, line 397
      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.options(Mysql::OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, @config[:connect_timeout]) if @config[:connect_timeout]
        @connection.options(Mysql::OPT_READ_TIMEOUT, @config[:read_timeout]) if @config[:read_timeout]
        @connection.options(Mysql::OPT_WRITE_TIMEOUT, @config[:write_timeout]) if @config[:write_timeout]

        @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