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                  Issue #:|42049
                  Summary:|entering a JDBC URL is confusing
                Component:|Database access
                  Version:|680m76
                 Platform:|All
                      URL:|
               OS/Version:|All
                   Status:|NEW
        Status whiteboard:|
                 Keywords:|
               Resolution:|
               Issue type:|DEFECT
                 Priority:|P3
             Subcomponent:|none
              Assigned to:|oj
              Reported by:|fs





------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb  4 03:49:08 -0800 
2005 -------
- File|New|Database
- "Connect to an existing database" / "Database type" = "JDBC"
- "Next"
- enter some valid driver class, and some valid Datasource URL (including the
"jdbc:"
  prefix)
  *valid* means: enter settings which would allow you a connection to a running
  database
- "Next"
- "Test connection"
=> error message "Bad connection URL"

The reason here is that the user is expected to enter a JDBC data source URL
*without* the "jdbc:" prefix. This is a contradiction in terms: People who know
JDBC also know that JDBC data source URLs start with "jdbc:", thus OOo should
not require from them to omit this part.
Things are made worse by the fact that the user does not get any hint why the
connection fails - she simply enters a URL which works in all other programs,
but OOo simply does not accept it.

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