>From: Alex Thurgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Feb 28, 2007 11:08 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [mac] [releases] MacOSX Intel/PPC version of 2.2.0rc2 (OOF680_m9) >packages uploaded. > >Le mercredi 28 février 2007 15:MM, James Mckenzie a écrit : > >Hi James, > >> >> I will state this once and only once: FIND AN ODBC DRIVER! JDBC is >> unreliable because of the differences between the Java used to build the >> JDBC and Java provided by Apple. This has proven to be the case with MySQL >> and database access. Unless you are willing to take source code and build >> a Java connector for the Mac, this issue is basically dead. >> > >Yes, I think we can all agree that we are flogging a dead horse here, but it >is still a crap (excuse my language) situation because JDBC is the default >driver proposal when you use the assistant in OOo to create a MySQL database. >The fact of the matter is that NeoOffice does work with the JDBC connector, >and OOo does not.
That is because Patrick and company have figured out the problem with Apple's Java and have built in a fix for this that they will NOT share with OpenOffice.org for purely political reasons (and this is well within the LGPL as Patrick's code is released under the GPL and the two are NOT compatible.) >http://www.actualtechnologies.com >This driver is available as a "Try Before You Buy". >Fact : the alternative ODBC driver that I found here works in 2.0.x and >doesn't work in 2.1 or 2.2 because someone changed the functionality in that >development branch of OOo and broke compatibility with the driver :-((. Yuck! I have received permission to test Florian's driver and will do with the release version of OOo 2.2 for the Mac. I will also test this with the Aqua version when it becomes available. James McKenzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
