Crashes on non-alphanumeric characters in MySQL password

[Samuel Findlay]

OpenLP 1.9.7 on Win7 Pro x64

-- as reported by jstruebel on forums:
It appears that OpenLP can't handle non-alphanumeric characters in the mysql password. I had generated a random password that included some symbols originally and even still if I try to use that password OpenLP fails to connect to the database. The second password that I tried today and which worked, was a random password using only alphanumeric characters.
The debug logs for both an unsuccessful attempt and the successful connection are at the following links.
* crashed with traceback: http://pastebin.com/nWFLSNT2
* successful: http://pastebin.com/zCCgs2aW

I have run into this issue with other software where passwords must not contain symbols. Since it works with a strictly alphanumeric password it isn't a showstopper, but the documentation should indicate that the password cannot contain symbols.

http://openlp.org/en/forums/general-support/troubleshooting/trouble-connecting-mysql-db#comment-3769