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20.7. MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org

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20.7.1. Installation
20.7.2. Getting Started: Connecting to MySQL
20.7.3. Getting Started: Usage Examples
20.7.4. References
20.7.5. Known Bugs
20.7.6. Contact

MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org is a native MySQL database connector for OpenOffice.org. Currently, it is in preview status and supports OpenOffice.org 3.1 and above. It can be used to connect OpenOffice.org applications to a MySQL server.

Before MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org became available you would have to use MySQL Connector/J (JDBC) or MySQL Connector/ODBC to connect to a MySQL server.

Connector/OpenOffice.org is a community project, although Sun Microsystems actively contributes code. The source code for Connector/OpenOffice.org is available under GPL with the FLOSS License Exception.

In the future a closed-source StarOffice version of Connector/OpenOffice.org will be made available.

Advantages

Using MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org has the following advantages:

  • Easy installation through the OpenOffice.org Extension Manager.

  • Seamless integration into OpenOffice.org.

  • No need to go through an additional Connector installation routine (ODBC/JDBC)

  • No need to configure or register an additional Connector (ODBC)

  • No need to install or configure a driver manager (ODBC)

Status

MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org is currently at version 1.0 GA.

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