Core/DBLayer: Support using mysql 8

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2019 TrinityCore <https://www.trinitycore.org/>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MySQLHacks_h__
+#define MySQLHacks_h__
+
+#include "MySQLWorkaround.h"
+#include <type_traits>
+
+struct MySQLHandle : MYSQL { };
+struct MySQLResult : MYSQL_RES { };
+struct MySQLField : MYSQL_FIELD { };
+struct MySQLBind : MYSQL_BIND { };
+struct MySQLStmt : MYSQL_STMT { };
+
+// mysql 8 removed my_bool typedef (it was char) and started using bools directly
+// to maintain compatibility we use this trick to retrieve which type is being used
+using MySQLBool = std::remove_pointer_t<decltype(std::declval<MYSQL_BIND>().is_null)>;
+
+#endif // MySQLHacks_h__