DBX Error: Driver could not be properly initialised

Question

I am running Delphi XE3 (Ultimate Edition), MySQL database and this is the error I get when a click Test Connection.

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As a response, I located the libmysql library in my xampp directory and copied it over to my System32 directory. This does not work however.

Which libraries/drivers is this message referring to and what is the correct directory to place them in?

libmysql version - 5.5.16.0

Are you using a 64 bits Windows? if that is the case you must copy the libmysql file to the `C:\Windows\SysWOW64` folder. — RRUZ, Oct 26 '12 at 13:44

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 26 '12 at 07:19

The message states that the library could be:

missing;
not properly installed; or
of the wrong version

I googled for the library and came across this blog post which discusses that aforementioned error message and provides a more recent version of the libmysql library which is to be placed in the bin directory (Embarcadero\RAD Studio\10.0\bin).

libmysql Library Download Link

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 17 '13 at 12:54

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You should never place any 3rd party files in the bin directory - XE3 does not allow this Please Read this document

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