Switched to mysql driver

Author: the-code-genin

index.ts

@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ process.on('SIGINT', () => process.exit());
 
     // Connect to db.
     const db = knex({
-        client: 'mysql',
+        client: 'mysql2',
         connection: {
             host: String(process.env.MYSQL_HOST),
             port: Number(process.env.MYSQL_PORT),
             user: String(process.env.MYSQL_USERNAME),
             password: String(process.env.MYSQL_PASSWORD),
-            database: String(process.env.MYSQL_DATABASE)
+            database: String(process.env.MYSQL_DATABASE),
+            enableKeepAlive: true
         },
         migrations: {
             tableName: "migrations",

knexfile.js

@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ require("dotenv").config();
  * @type { Object.<string, import("knex").Knex.Config> }
  */
 module.exports = {
-    client: 'mysql',
+    client: 'mysql2',
     connection: {
         host: String(process.env.MYSQL_HOST),
         port: Number(process.env.MYSQL_PORT),
         user: String(process.env.MYSQL_USERNAME),
         password: String(process.env.MYSQL_PASSWORD),
-        database: String(process.env.MYSQL_DATABASE)
+        database: String(process.env.MYSQL_DATABASE),
+        enableKeepAlive: true
     },
     migrations: {
         tableName: "migrations",