ldirectord mysql "negotiate" patch

[Todd Lyons]

sockmonk at gmail.com wanted us to know:

>If you want to test whether the server is still answering queries, why
>not use something like "SELECT 1" for the query. You should see the
>following benefits:
>* Independent of the particular database or table structure;
>* Should always return exactly one row;
>* That row should contain one field with the value "1" which you can
>also test for;
>* Requires minimal resources from the database server to execute and
>return the result.
>This seems to meet the stated requirements, although it does not test

I agree that this is the original line of thinking and as such the
select statement achieves the desired results, that something is
answering.
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