Connect MySQL and Base

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Here is a tutorial to connect MySQL database with OpenOffice.org Base.


Using JDBC on Windows

Using ODBC on GNU/Linux

Using JDBC on Linux

Using ODBC on Linux

Recommendations settings

Known issues regarding MySQL and OpenOffice.org can be avoided by having specific settings here are some of those:

MySQL settings

  • Make sure that MySQL is using TCP/IP as opposed to sockets. Edit the my.cnf file at /etc/ and comment skip-networking

OpenOffice.org settings

  • OpenOffice.org uses Java for JDBC, please make sure you have JRE at Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org General - Java
  • Declare the mysql-connector-j.bin at the classpath at Tools - Options - OpenOFfice.org General - Java


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