Sphinx Database Connection

Hi Guys, I'm trying to connect to a local Sphinx Search instance using their mySQL support, but PHPStorm connects, but any SQL query fails with an error: only 0 and 1 could be used as boolean values near '502'

This doesn't match anything in the query (SELECT * from rt_index_name where id = 78700;), so I'm guessing PHPStorm is running a query running in the background.

Has anyone got it to work with the standard mySQL driver or even with another driver?

I know I've used PHPStorm here, but AFAIK, the database element of the app is standard in the IDE?

Regards

Steve