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Problem Installer Database Connection:
When trying to validate a database connection an error with the message “Error reading database variables” is returned.

Option 1 When running on certain MySQL instances that have “ANSI_QUOTES” enabled by default in their sql mode. MySQL interprets anything in double-quotes as identifiers rather than strings, which most likely causes the issue.

Also see:
How to resolve various Database Issues?

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