Hi Darren, > Just wondering if anyone knows about the status / timeline for the > "native" MySQL connector? > From http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Connector_OpenOffice the current > preview version can only be used with Ooo 2.4. > Any idea when can I try it out with Ooo 3.0.1 or the eagerly awaited 3.1?
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Database/Drivers/MySQL_Native This doesn't answer your particular question, but I wanted to take the chance and advertise this page. The most interesting page for end users is probably the "Known Problems" page, since it allows you to judge the progress, if you're interested in. Other than that, the pages contain a lot of stuff for coordinating the work between the MySQL and the Base team. For your concrete question: In general, the connector will not work with OOo 3.0.1, but with 3.1 only. I cannot give you a concrete time line, this depends on too many factors which are not under our control. To name two: First, we depend on MySQL releasing their Connector/C++ (C/C++) and Connector/C (C/C, formerly known as libmysql, a to-be separate product shortly), which the MySQL native driver depends upon. Also, there's some legal reviews pending, for instance because we need to integrate CMake into the OpenOffice.org build (to build C/C and C/C++). We are somewhat confident to be able to release a version to the public in the first half of april, so stay tuned. Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [email protected] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Base http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
