Given that you have a MySQL database server installed, the following sections explain how to configure it to run in ANSI mode, § 3.3.1, and set up the trading-shim databases testing and trading, § 3.3.2. The testing database is intended for use with an IB paper account and the regression test scripts that accompany the shim, while the trading database may be used with a real account, if you so choose to take this risk.