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21.7. MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org

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21.7.1. Installation
21.7.2. Getting Started: Connecting to MySQL
21.7.3. Getting Started: Usage Examples
21.7.4. References
21.7.5. Known Bugs
21.7.6. Contact

MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org is a native MySQL database connector for OpenOffice.org. Currently, it is in preview status and supports OpenOffice.org 2.4 only. 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 available as a development preview version. We kindly ask users and developers to try it out and provide us with feedback. We do not encourage you to use it in production environments, though.

Note

Sun Microsystems does not provide formal support for Connector/OpenOffice.org.

If you have any queries please contact us through our mailing list at