def get_mysql_credentials(cfg_file):
    """Get the credentials and database name from options in config file."""

    try:
        parser = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
        cfg_fp = open(cfg_file)
        parser.readfp(cfg_fp)
        cfg_fp.close()
    except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:
        cfg_fp.close()
        print('Failed to find mysql connections credentials.')
        sys.exit(1)
    except IOError:
        print('ERROR: Cannot open %s.', cfg_file)
        sys.exit(1)

    value = parser.get('dfa_mysql', 'connection')

    try:
        # Find location of pattern in connection parameter as shown below:
        # http://username:password@host/databasename?characterset=encoding'
        sobj = re.search(r"(://).*(@).*(/).*(\?)", value)

        # The list parameter contains:
        # indices[0], is the index of '://'
        # indices[1], is the index of '@'
        # indices[2], is the index of '/'
        # indices[3], is the index of '?'
        indices = [sobj.start(1), sobj.start(2), sobj.start(3), sobj.start(4)]

        # Get the credentials
        cred = value[indices[0] + 3:indices[1]].split(':')

        # Get the host name
        host = value[indices[1] + 1:indices[2]]

        # Get the database name
        db_name = value[indices[2] + 1:indices[3]]

        # Get the character encoding
        charset = value[indices[3] + 1:].split('=')[1]

        return cred[0], cred[1], host, db_name, charset
    except (__HOLE__, IndexError, AttributeError):
        print('Failed to find mysql connections credentials.')
        sys.exit(1)
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