replace mysql with mysql2

config/dbconn.ts

-import mysql from 'mysql'
+import mysql from 'mysql2'
 
 var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
 const config = require('./config')[env]
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ userConnection.connect(function(err) {
     if (err) throw err;
 })
 userConnection.query('USE '+config.database.dbUser)
-    
-// user db connection test
-userConnection.query('SELECT 1 + 5 AS solution', function (err, rows, fields) {
-    if (err) throw err
-    console.log('Solution = ', rows[0].solution)
-})
-//userConnection.end()
 
 // ==== PROJECT DB CONNECTION ====
 var projectConnection = mysql.createConnection({
@@ -38,13 +31,6 @@ projectConnection.connect(function(err) {
     if (err) throw err;
 })
 projectConnection.query('USE '+config.database.dbProject)
-    
-// projectdb connection test
-projectConnection.query('SELECT 10 + 5 AS project', function (err, rows, fields) {
-    if (err) throw err
-    console.log('Project = ', rows[0].project)
-})
-//projectConnection.end()
 
 var connection = {
     user: userConnection,

package.json

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "helmet": "^4.6.0",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
-    "mysql": "^2.18.1",
+    "mysql2": "^2.2.5",
     "pug": "^3.0.2"
   },
   "engines": {
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     "@types/express-flash": "^0.0.2",
     "@types/express-session": "^1.17.3",
     "@types/morgan": "^1.9.2",
-    "@types/mysql": "^2.15.18",
     "@types/passport": "^1.0.6",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.9",
     "ts-node": "^10.0.0",