BZaccheo
On 3/26/04 3:12 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >I�m trying to add a datasource to my Blue Dragon server. It�s an MySQL
>> >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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