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+name: SQLAlchemy compat test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Start MySQL
+        run: |
+          sudo systemctl start mysql.service
+          mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE test_schema CHARSET utf8mb4"
+          mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE USER 'scott' IDENTIFIED BY 'tiger'"
+          mysql -uroot -proot -e "GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'scott'"
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.9"
+
+      - name: Install mysqlclient
+        env:
+          PIP_NO_PYTHON_VERSION_WARNING: 1
+          PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK: 1
+        run: |
+          pip install -U pytest pytest-cov
+          #python setup.py develop
+          pip install -v mysqlclient  # Use stable version
+          python -VV
+          python -c 'import MySQLdb'
+
+      - name: Run SQLAlchemy test
+        run: |
+          wget https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f6/d6/fcf14b752daba13a02a6669eccb025bf3ba3f814741cd23253c180a12fff/SQLAlchemy-1.4.35.tar.gz
+          tar xf SQLAlchemy-1.4.35.tar.gz
+          cd SQLAlchemy-1.4.35
+          pip install .
+          pwd
+          python -c 'import MySQLdb'
+          pytest --dburi=mysql://scott:tiger@127.0.0.1:3306/test_schema?charset=utf8mb4 test/