A connection to the database is usually something like this
Driver=MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver;Server=XXX;Database=XXX;UID=XXX;PWD=XXX;OPTION=3;
Most google searches suggest this OPTION = 3. In the Mysql manual there is little and has a number of possible numbers to be used, but does not have this OPTION 3. I have already seen other numbers being used in examples in google, but they do not explain or comment on the difference or what it serves. Like 16387, which is not listed above.