if err := target.init(); err != nil {
		return false, err
	}
	return target.isActive()
}

func (target *MySQLTarget) isActive() (bool, error) {
	if err := target.db.Ping(); err != nil {
		if IsConnErr(err) {
			return false, store.ErrNotConnected
		}
		return false, err
	}
	return true, nil
}

// Save - saves the events to the store which will be replayed when the SQL connection is active.