>database. When I try and add the datasource, I get a �General Error�
>message. Has anyone seen this error before? What am I doing wrong?
Hi there--if you haven't already done so, you need to manually download and install the MySQL JDBC driver into the BlueDragon lib directory. If you have popup blocking turned *off* in your browser, as you try to add the MySQL datasource a popup window explains how to do this, but here's the jist of it:
1. Go to http://www.mysql.com/products/connector-j/index.html to get the MySQL JDBC driver (3.0 is the latest version).
2. Extract the driver from the zip file.
3. Locate the driver jar file, which will be named something like mysql-connector-java-3.0.11-stable-bin.jar
4. If you're on BD JX, rename this jar file to mysql.jar and copy it into your BlueDragon bin directory (/PATH_TO_BLUEDRAGON/lib)
5. Restart BD
That should take care of it--I'm using JX but I was using the free version previously and I believe the steps are the same; in any case if you turn off your popup blocking you will see instructions when you try to add a MySQL datasource.
If you're on Windows and you're using the free edition of BD, you have to download and install the MySQL driver for Windows and then set up your MySQL datasource as an ODBC datasource in Windows itself since the free server only supports ODBC datasources.
Hope that helps--feel free to email me directly if you're still having problems.
Matt
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