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+# - Find mysqlclient
+# Find the native MySQL includes and library
+#
+#  MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR - where to find mysql.h, etc.
+#  MYSQL_LIBRARIES   - List of libraries when using MySQL.
+#  MYSQL_FOUND       - True if MySQL found.
+#
+# Based on: http://www.itk.org/Wiki/CMakeUserFindMySQL
+
+find_path( MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR "mysql.h"
+	PATH_SUFFIXES "mysql" )
+
+set( MYSQL_NAMES mysqlclient mysqlclient_r )
+find_library( MYSQL_LIBRARY
+	NAMES ${MYSQL_NAMES}
+	PATH_SUFFIXES "mysql" )
+mark_as_advanced( MYSQL_LIBRARY MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR )
+
+if( MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXISTS "${MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR}/mysql_version.h" )
+	file( STRINGS "${MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR}/mysql_version.h" MYSQL_VERSION_H REGEX "^#define[ \t]+MYSQL_SERVER_VERSION[ \t]+\"[^\"]+\".*$" )
+	string( REGEX REPLACE "^.*MYSQL_SERVER_VERSION[ \t]+\"([^\"]+)\".*$" "\\1" MYSQL_VERSION_STRING "${MYSQL_VERSION_H}" )
+endif()
+
+# handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set MYSQL_FOUND to TRUE if 
+# all listed variables are TRUE
+# include( FindPackageHandleStandardArgs )
+# FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS( MYSQL
+# 	REQUIRED_VARS MYSQL_LIBRARY MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR
+# 	VERSION_VAR MYSQL_VERSION_STRING )
+
+if(MYSQL_LIBRARY AND MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR)
+	set(MYSQL_FOUND TRUE)
+	set( MYSQL_LIBRARIES ${MYSQL_LIBRARY} )
+	set( MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${PCRE_INCLUDE_DIR} )
+	message( STATUS "Found MySQL: ${MYSQL_LIBRARY}, ${MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+endif()