On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 09:34 -0700, josemiguelvelasco wrote:
> I'm trying to create a connection from Writer to a MySQL data base I have in
> my computer 
> The process I've followed is this, according on what I've found in the help: 
> 
> File -> New -> Database 
> 
> In the panel, I choose Connect to an existing data base -> MySQL 
> In the next panel, I select Connect using JDBC 
> In the next panel, I type the database name, the server (I think that either
> localhost or 127.0.0.1 should do the job) and the port 
> My trouble is in the field MySQL JDB Driver class. I've typed the name of
> the class that implements the JDBC driver (com.mysql.jdbc.Driver) but when I
> click on the button Test class, it says that the JDBC driver couldn't be
> loaded 
> 
> Besides that, in the dialog I get by choosing Tools -> Options, in the
> paragraph OpenOffice.org -> Java, by clicking in the button Class Path, I
> specified the jar file which contains the above mentioned class 
> 
> Anybody can give me some help? Thanks in advance

I believe you need to install this:

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.1.html

Keith



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